Boris Johnson must rethink his covid ‘rule of six’…it’s a needless disaster
BORIS Johnson must rethink his “rule of six”. It’s a needless disaster. Let’s focus on facts . . . not be engulfed by the panic consuming his scientific and medical advisers. Daily Covid death totals remain close to rock-bottom. Hospitalisations are still extremely low for a nation of 66million. Positive cases are up — but […]
BORIS Johnson must rethink his “rule of six”. It’s a needless disaster.
Let’s focus on facts . . . not be engulfed by the panic consuming his scientific and medical advisers.
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Daily Covid death totals remain close to rock-bottom. Hospitalisations are still extremely low for a nation of 66million. Positive cases are up — but still a tiny fraction of those in March.
Scientists believe there were 100,000 new infections a day back then, the vast majority never picked up by our feeble testing capacity.
Now the daily figure is about 3,000 — and our hugely expanded test programme means they are probably the majority of actual cases.
About 38million of us live in places where infections are NOT rising.
Yet from Monday we will all be hit by draconian limits which will wreck family Christmases.
Scotland has avoided that by exempting kids . . . why can’t we?
The Sun backed the original lockdown to “save lives and protect the NHS”.
But 14 Covid deaths a day should not trigger new national restrictions, with all respect to those victims.
The NHS needs no protection. Hospitals are empty. Far more will die through cancelled ops and delayed diagnoses.
The “six” rule terrifies the public further, wrecks confidence, kills jobs, permanently harms our stricken economy.
Boris must be smarter: Shield the old and sick. Let the rest live their lives while doing the basics: masks, hand-washing, distancing where possible.
We must be ruled not by fear, nor by Twitter hysteria, but by reason.
Covid narcs
EVERYONE hated Warden Hodges in Dad’s Army. At least he had a point about not leaving lights on to aid the Luftwaffe.
Imagine yourself tasked with breaking up happy family groups, or snitching on them to cops, to comply with a random number limit no one can credibly explain.
Or having to bark at OAPs walking the “wrong way” down the road.
“Covid marshals” will be our most detested workforce, one notch below traffic wardens ticketing heart attack victims’ cars outside hospitals.
Many people, depressingly, will need work before long. But who’d want that job?
Brussels pout
THERE seems no limit to the self-harm the EU will inflict in its 11th-hour bid to prevent Britain becoming fully independent.
It says there will be trade sanctions and legal action if we don’t kowtow.
This from the outfit which reneged on its written promises to make a trade deal respecting us as a sovereign nation.
Its Democrat allies in Washington clumsily wade in, vowing to kill any UK-US trade deal too.
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But Boris can’t cave in to blackmail. And voters will back him. Brits don’t like being bullied.
Buckle up for a painful Brexit divorce.
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