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Lockdown: a deadly, failed experiment
Spiked ^ | 12/28/2020 | Fraser Myers

Posted on 12/28/2020 9:11:10 AM PST by Onthebrink

(Thoughts from the UK...)

The country this year which has been most ravaged by Covid-19 – losing a shocking 1,600 people in every million to the virus at the time of writing – is Belgium.

That might come as something of a surprise. You could be forgiven for thinking it was America, thanks to Trump’s alleged ignorance of science. Or what about Britain, which locked down ‘too late’ because of its government’s short-lived but foolish belief in freedom? Or Brazil, whose right-wing leader complained that lockdowns and masks were for ‘fags’? If not those, then surely Sweden, where there has famously been no hard lockdown at all?

But no, it’s Belgium. There’s nothing particularly unusual about Belgium’s response. Nothing that diverged significantly from the consensus. It did the same thing as everyone else around the same time as everyone else. It even garnered praise for its testing capacity.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; lockdown; uk

1 posted on 12/28/2020 9:11:10 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink
Lockdown: a deadly, failed experiment

President-Elect gw-ington is filing this in the folder labeled, "Duh!" ...

2 posted on 12/28/2020 9:12:53 AM PST by gw-ington (The Office of the President-Elect gw-ington and Vice President-Elect Loch Ness Monster)
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To: Onthebrink

Lockdowns are evil. And part of a communist plot.


3 posted on 12/28/2020 9:23:18 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again )
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To: Onthebrink
And that's all it is and has been....cowd control to develop statistics...and we're Fauci's lab rats. Open up the damn place...and see what happens.

We KNOW that the WELL people who were confined wound up being the majority of the sick people. I believe Cuomo let that one slip...aaying he was stunned to find that out.

Then Fauci comes along again...and says...open the windows.

Then he says...take a walk and get some fresh air and sunshine.

But no matter what course is taken....doing a bazillion tests tell us it's all over the place....so washing your hands, wearing your masks and confining oneself has absolutely done nothing.

4 posted on 12/28/2020 9:24:11 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: cll

bump


5 posted on 12/28/2020 9:35:16 AM PST by cll (Serviam!)
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To: Onthebrink

It wasn’t a failed experiment. It worked. The Rats scared the dumb and dumber!


6 posted on 12/28/2020 9:49:47 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: cll

The lockdowns are nothing more than a psychological stunt by the world government to condition people to accept their requests. It’s like how people stand on line for hours in places like Venezuela to purchase a loaf of bread, if it is even available.

With COVID, we are being conditioned by the government to accept unconstitutional fiats by state dictators for how we shop, dine, drive, make appointments, and live within our own homes. It was the primary cause of the fustercluck that was this election cycle. And if anyone in their right minds believe this is all about COVID, I have a bridge to sell you.


7 posted on 12/28/2020 9:51:32 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

It’s easy to Trick
A Fool and impossible
To tell Him
The Truth!


8 posted on 12/28/2020 7:45:26 PM PST by Big Red Badger ("Bats Soup" to "Nuts" Biden,CHINAs' Beind it ALL!)
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To: Onthebrink
Or Brazil, whose right-wing leader complained that lockdowns and masks were for ‘fags’?

Bolsonaro for Emperor. :)

9 posted on 12/28/2020 7:48:25 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Thankfully, many states are still free.


10 posted on 12/29/2020 12:55:42 AM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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