1. Agreed. The marginal benefit at this stage must be tiny compared to the costs being incurred. How many extra hospitalisations or deaths will there be if the

1. Agreed. The marginal benefit at this stage must be tiny compared to the costs being incurred. How many extra hospitalisations or deaths will there be if the country was to reopen (say to Level 2) now vs. doing so in 6 - 8 weeks? 2. Agreed. As far as I can tell basically zero extra capacity (facilities or staffing has been built out over the last 18 months). I do understand that extra staffing could be difficult but surly a few hundred million for temporary hospitals wold at least allow for more bed space. 3.I don't entirely agree with this. If a short sharp lockdown could eliminate the virus and buy a couple of months to prepare I think that is a worthwhile endeavour. I don't think repeated lockdowns are worth it though, certainly now 18 months later. 4. Agreed. 5. Agreed. 6. The events of the last couple of weeks are certainly uncovering a staggering amount of incompetence in the government and public service. 7. The delay in starting the vaccine rollout is hard to excuse but uptake seems to be roughly inline with similar developed countries.