Lockdowns No Longer Justified, if They Ever Were By Brian Simpson

With most of Australia in lockdown mode, maybe until the end of time, or until the governments collapse under the weight of their own stupidity, it is worth considering some contrary international opinions, such as that of Professor Andrew Hayward, a University College London epidemiologist, a top SAGE adviser to the UK government, who has said that lockdowns can no longer be justified, and that there should be a targeted approach to the most vulnerable, which is what Sweden and Japan have done. That way, there may be something of an economy left.

I must say, that the present freak-out has left me with no faith in the governments, state and federal, and if they had a real apocalyptic crisis, they would fall apart. I think the main political players have good intentions in their own heads, but they act more out of knee-jerk fear than cold hard logic, and some are just losing their cool even in public, no doubt from the sheer stress of this. Sure, that is only human.  However, the international media is laughing at us, as documented in other blog posts. It is embarrassing.

https://summit.news/2021/08/11/sage-advisor-says-lockdowns-can-no-longer-be-justified/

“A top SAGE adviser to the UK government says that COVID lockdowns can no longer be justified and that measures to control the virus should instead be aimed at protecting the most vulnerable.

Professor Andrew Hayward, a University College London epidemiologist, said that the days of disruptive restrictions imposed on everyone should end in favor of a more targeted approach.

“I think as we generally move into an endemic rather than pandemic situation the potential harm that a virus can cause at a population level is much less,” Hayward told BBC Radio 4.

“So you can’t really justify such broad population-wide control measures and we tend to target the control measures more to those who are most vulnerable,” he added.

“And so I think, not only in testing but in all sorts of forms of control, as we move into a situation where we’re coming to live with this virus forever, then we target the measures to the most vulnerable rather than having the more disruptive measures,” said the professor.

Hayward’s view that we need to learn to live with the virus was echoed by signatories to the Great Barrington Declaration, in which 12,000 scientists asserted that the strategy should be centered on “focused protection,” not endless lockdowns.

However, the UK government is still pursuing the idea of vaccine passports for some venues from September onwards while eliminating the option of negative COVID tests, despite the fact that fully vaccinated people can still catch and spread the virus.

The domestic passports have proven highly controversial in France, where police were seen earlier this week checking the medical papers of people sitting outside at cafes.

As we previously highlighted, some lockdown advocates appear to be upset that the restrictions might not make a return, with a Guardian journalist writing about how he is “going to miss being locked down.”