Randy
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1 and 2. Muttley, do you have any kids in primary school? Teachers, kids charities and other notable professionals have all commented on how kids have regressed or not learnt basic skills like holding cutlery properly, speech problems, anxiety issues rising, kids scared of been near other kids after having two years of 'dont stand next to someone it's dangerous ' drilled into them.Where to start with that...
1. "the catching up a generation of kids will need to do" they all start with pretty much equal disadvantage vs the people they will be competing against - those of their own age group
2. "some will be successful, most won't be" I could say that most WILL be successful, I don't know, neither do you. that's just your bias
3. "The generation of babies and toddlers who've regressed during lockdowns through black of social contacts, even with their own families." Nah kids are more resilient than you credit them with, this was their "normal". I'm not saying that some kids have not been adversely affected but most haven't. Ask those who have lost a parent or other close relative how COVID has affected them.
4. "my view that lockdowns shouldn't have ever happened" not supported by any empirical evidence, where lockdowns were applied promptly they had a measurable affect on excess mortality.
5. " medical and social services should have been funded correctly" of course they should have been. Sadly the stable door had been left open and the horses had long since skedaddled. As shown by the ludicrous construction of the emotively named "Nightingale Hospitals" you can't simply magic doctors and nurses out of thin air (not helped with telling a sizeable chunk of them that they are not wanted in our country)
6. " stickers on floors, one way systems in open areas" if you are trying to reduce transmission of an airborne virus it is a sensible idea to keep people from bunching together. Doesn't make a lot of difference but when you are talking about infections in their thousands even preventing a small percentage of infections helps.
7. "phone apps that don't work" got to keep those Party Donors on the gravy train.
8. "PPE that doesn't do anything" well proper PPE does do something you might have noticed surgeons wearing masks in theatre? That's because it does "something". Of course getting your mates to buy useless tat purporting to be PPE is another top way to get your mates' noses in the trough.
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