Reflection on the pandemic: questions about the authorities' response.

The government had backed itself into a corner with the whole six weeks to save xmas late-2020 lockdown. Public goodwill was running on empty by this point.

Where’s the evidence to show China is experiencing high numbers of serious illness post vaccination in comparison to Europe from Omicron? We are reporting 50 covid deaths a week currently, for a population of 4.5 million, what’s China reporting at the moment?

China's vaccine uptake was over 90% using their traditional (similar process to the flu or polio vaccines) based vaccine from sinopharm/vac.

You speak of laws as though those that make legislation are infallible. They are not, they are human. There are numerous bad laws and bad policies that have been changed or removed, over time.

The UK high court ruled earlier this year that their government policy of removing elderly from hospitals to nursing homes with no isolation period and no testing was wrong. Same as Irish policy but different jurisdictions obviously, so no bearing here, but the point is that the court found government policy-makers to be in the wrong.

A universal and unquestioning obsequiousness towards any government policy and lawmaking is bizarre.

Hong Kong’s heath system was overwhelmed with an exit wave, but what else was going to happen with a policy that required every positive case to be admitted to hospital? Is that a good policy? China has painted itself into a corner and needs to radically rethink its strategy - this is what the protests are telling the authorities, the conditions they are living under are ridiculous; insufficient basics available while locked down, non-covid serious medical issues untreated, severe restrictions on movement and ability to earn a living.

But ‘just follow the rules’ tho.

Posted this earlier this year but worth a bump. Remember there were a lot of politicians against vaccination pass with no test, and against legislation with no due diligence, and they weren’t all crackpots and easily discredited. IMO there was wrong legislation enacted during Covid, and it should be analysed and brought into the light for future benefit.

The reason for testing everyone was for tracking spread.

It was never just a flu. It was both more infectious and more severe. This was also said at the time and unlike your remarks, was true.

So do you disagree with all lockdown rules, or just the bit where you had to have a meal in a pub??? The measures had the intent to reduce spread and the R factor of the virus. We weren't the only country to have rules distinguishing bars versus dining restaurants.

Old peoples lives have value too. Important as it was to protect them, it was never just about protecting 80 somethings. It was about ensuring the health service had capacity to treat the people with severe covid who could pull through with hospital care, the people with decades ahead of them and manageable conditions. And all the other people needing hospital treatment.

How were these screenings to be staffed during the pandemic? How were people attending them to be protected?

We did not lock down the "whole economy". Another utterly false statement without qualification or foundation.

The Chinese government may be lying about this. I feel this is a fair point - but ...

Can you be sure our government hasn't lied to us?