Lockdown sceptics must be aware of the inevitable third lockdown: First it was ‘flatten the curve’ (the timeline given for this completion was estimated at two-to-three weeks – all the way back in March), now the rhetoric is ‘control the virus’, whereas in practice, this resembles a carpet bombing tactic to eradicate the virus completely from these shores. ‘If the earth must be scorched to eliminate the disease - so be it’, is the rationale for the sacrifice of ancient civil liberties, along with cancer patients and suicide victims being viewed as nothing but cannon fodder. In a paradoxical equation: to save lives, this Government believes it must subtract its humanity....
When January 2021 arrives, the Government will be monitoring the COVID situation with eagle-eyed intensity. The finger-pointing will begin in earnest, directed at the millions who tried to return to some semblance of normality for the festive season. In addition, any noticeable increase in the COVID death rate may consist of Flu deaths which have been lumped into the total figure because of false-positive tests.
The Government will have their finger on the nuclear button for the third time in less than a year, determined as ever to press it.
