Perceived? Perceived?! I'm glad it's just our perception that we are being "locked down", forced to "socialist distance", forced to wear useless masks, and deprived of the ability to earn a living and live our lives...
That line stuck out for me too. I guess all the closed churches and shuttered businesses are just a matter of perception.
Author = idiot.
Niel Ferguson actually has a HISTORY of sky high death estimates.
His projections led to millions of British livestock killed due to hoof and mouth disease projections. And it turned out inspectors were spreading it through unsterilized shoes.
He predicted up to fifty thousand dead from mad cow disease.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/jan/09/research.highereducation
He predicted up to 200 million dead from bird flu. Note that’s worse than the Wuhan virus and they still didn’t lock everything down.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/30/birdflu.jamessturcke
Yes, the “perceived” loss of freedom. Was the author under a “perceived” quarantine when he filed this story?
If not, I’d like to live there. Must be a great place.