Lockdowns deadlier than COVID in developing nations

The Post Millenial ^ | September 30, 2020 | John Carpay

[CheshireTheCat]

...Lockdown travel restrictions have prevented many farmers from planting or harvesting crops, and denied them access to markets to sell their produce and to buy seeds and tools. Pastoralist communities have been unable to move their animals to seasonal sources of food and water, affecting the health of their livestock and its value at sale. The middlemen who collect vegetables from farms and take them to market have been unable to visit, depriving many farmers of a vital source of income....The closure of street food vendors in South Africa, which support an estimated 500,000 livelihoods and provide food for 70 percent of township households, has had a dramatic impact on both the farmers that supply them and on what people can buy and eat—with many people consuming fewer fresh fruits and vegetables....

[CheshireTheCat]

I am half tempted to write a Jonathan Swift-type piece extolling the virtue of lockdowns for culling the population of undesirables in the third world and mailing a copy to the home of everyone with a Biden sign in my town. I am also tempted to set up a Go Fund me site to help support me so that I can quit my job and focus on lobbying the UN to support lockdowns.

[TigersEye]

“If we have to kill a thousand people to save one it’s worth it.” - Fredo’s dumber brother

[fireman15]

It eventually will be calculated that lockdowns in developed countries have also resulted in more deaths than the virus.

[daniel1212]

It eventually will be calculated that lockdowns in developed countries have also resulted in more deaths than the virus.

As warned here.