At least in winter there's the logic of making sure the hospitals don't get overwhelmed by flu patients on top of the covid patients. And even if there is a winter lock down, we have not seen violent or heavy handed policing like in Australia and New Zealand, arrests and religious persecution like in Canada, or mass layoffs or absurd, hysterical politicization like in the US.
Nah, that argument is out the window now. After all, in the US last year there were only 1,675 flu cases recorded in the 2020-2021 flu season. So, the flu is demonstrably not a threat anymore.
It actually amazes me that they're so dishonest they're ACTUALLY trying to cover up that people are just misdiagnosing the flu. I genuinely thought it was obvious enough that it was an easy mistake, so I expected them to be like "shit happens, so sometimes people think the flu is actually covid", but no, they just straight up expect us to buy it, and they deny it???
I think you're also ignoring that as a (nominal) federation, the US has states with virtually no restrictions and what anti-restrictions they can put in place against non-government entities. So many states here are going to be more free than the UK, and won't have the political will for more restrictions in the future (which almost certainly exists in the UK.)
Ah, well, I'd imagine my comment is still accurate, even if I confused the governmental subdivisions of the UK (England doesn't have it's own, separate parliament, does it? It's directly under the UK parliament as I understand it.)
(England doesn't have it's own, separate parliament, does it? It's directly under the UK parliament as I understand it.)
Indeed, it doesn't. Which is a bit of a problem, because it means the Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish voters get more of say on England than England gets on any of them when it comes to internal matters.
It amazes me that England of all places is now by far the most free place in the Anglosphere when it comes to covid.
What the hell is wrong with the rest of it?
Give it a month and that'll change, they are already preparing the narrative for their winter lockdown.
At least in winter there's the logic of making sure the hospitals don't get overwhelmed by flu patients on top of the covid patients. And even if there is a winter lock down, we have not seen violent or heavy handed policing like in Australia and New Zealand, arrests and religious persecution like in Canada, or mass layoffs or absurd, hysterical politicization like in the US.
Nah, that argument is out the window now. After all, in the US last year there were only 1,675 flu cases recorded in the 2020-2021 flu season. So, the flu is demonstrably not a threat anymore.
Ah yes. Amazing how Covid magically all but wiped out influenza.
It actually amazes me that they're so dishonest they're ACTUALLY trying to cover up that people are just misdiagnosing the flu. I genuinely thought it was obvious enough that it was an easy mistake, so I expected them to be like "shit happens, so sometimes people think the flu is actually covid", but no, they just straight up expect us to buy it, and they deny it???
I think you're also ignoring that as a (nominal) federation, the US has states with virtually no restrictions and what anti-restrictions they can put in place against non-government entities. So many states here are going to be more free than the UK, and won't have the political will for more restrictions in the future (which almost certainly exists in the UK.)
I specifically said England.
Scotland and Wales have mandatory 'Vaccine passport' requirements, put in place by their own regional governments.
Ah, well, I'd imagine my comment is still accurate, even if I confused the governmental subdivisions of the UK (England doesn't have it's own, separate parliament, does it? It's directly under the UK parliament as I understand it.)
Indeed, it doesn't. Which is a bit of a problem, because it means the Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish voters get more of say on England than England gets on any of them when it comes to internal matters.
Wales and Scotland are still in the grip of petty tyrants, don't know about Northern Ireland mind