The Great Lockdown Controversy By Brian Simpson

There is presently a debate about whether lockdowns are saving more lives than such lockdowns cost. The debate, of course, is not in the political arena, but on the internet, the last fleeting area of freedom. Here today are some of the latest material dealing with this issue. As is becoming the convention here now because of radical activist and agitators breaking lockdown laws, there is the disclaimer that mere analysis of the lockdown issue in no way implies that anyone should break the law in their jurisdiction. That will, of course, lead to prosecution, and as well things are tense enough now in what was once quiet Oz, so people should not make things worse. That said, here we go in the first of this run of articles. As far as I am aware, public policy debate about this issue has not yet been made illegal.

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/are-lockdowns-saving-lives-or-are-they-destroying-them/

https://www.technocracy.news/covid-mania-down-under-tape-doors-shut-stay-off-balconies/

“National Rugby League (NRL) players and their families have been banned from their balconies and ordered to tape them shut to stop Covid in parts of Queensland, Australia.

Australian health officials imposed the draconian measures on NRL families in quarantine hubs in Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast after photographers took pictures of residents passing items such as ice lollies and marshmallows to each other from their balconies.

“You would have seen that imagery of the family hotel where they were sharing goods between verandahs… This is too risky,” railed the Chief Health Officer for Queensland, Dr Jeannette Young, in comments quoted by Daily Mail Australia — which boasts of having “alerted Queensland Health” about the “breaches” in the first place.

New reports show the lengths to which the authorities are willing to go to enforce what critics have described as a ban on “fresh air”, with Emma Lawrence of 9News Sydney saying that residents have been instructed to tape their balcony doors shut and provide photographic evidence of having done so.

“While the Chief Health Officer supports the NRL’s temporary move to Queensland, she has made it clear her priority is protecting the health of Queenslanders,” a Queensland Health spokesman said of the measures in comments to news.com.au.

“She is currently in discussions with the NRL on ways to prevent hotel quarantine breaches, including reducing access to balconies,” the spokesman confirmed, adding:  “The recent breaches by players are inexcusable and place the entire state at risk.”

“We’ve seen in other states how quickly the Delta variant can spread and will do everything we can to prevent outbreaks from happening here.”

Chief Health Officer Young has said she is “getting very close to” ejecting the National Rugby League from Queensland, with government sources insisting she will do so if players or those in NRL-related “bubbles” commit further breaches.

Australia has come through the Chinese coronavirus pandemic relatively unscathed, at least compared to many other countries, having imposed strict international travel bans early on and reinforced them with generally brief but ferociously enforced bouts of lockdown.”

The question must be asked about whether taping doors shut is fully adequate, as people willing to break the law by exchanging lolly lops are capable of, who knows what? A number of alternatives come to mind which could prove to be more effective, although not without some drawbacks. (1) Weld doors shut, maybe adding reinforced barriers of steel. (2) If welding is not practical, use barbed wire and/or razor wire over the entire area to prevent lolly pops, which could be laden with viruses, from being exchanged. People doing this deserve to lose their lolly pops if they cannot act like responsible children. The barbed wire might also collect viruses, the spike proteins getting caught on the barbs, so teams in chemo-suits could remove it after lockdown. (3) Could some sort of electric shock device, non-lethal be attached to windows?” (4) It would be good if laser technology could somehow be used here for extra security, because this is used in the movies.