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Some people will excuse government over-reaction by saying "they were right to react strongly because this variant could have been more lethal". We'll see if t
by tomp 5y ago
Some people will excuse government over-reaction by saying "they were right to react strongly because this variant could have been more lethal".
We'll see if the governments will ease these restrictions now that it's becoming more and more clear that there's no reason to panic.
- happytoexplain 5y ago>"they were right to react strongly because this variant could have been more lethal" It sounds like you're disagreeing with this logic (from the phrase "excuse government over-reach"), but you haven't elucidated.
- tomp 5y agoI don't disagree entirely. I mainly think it's stupid. Flight bans haven't worked in March 2020, nor December 2021 ("UK variant"), and there's no reason to believe they would work now. The only thing that seems to work (to some degree) is AUS/NZ/SG-style total flight ban. But then the purpose of politics is showmanship, not effective action.
- nyokodo 5y ago> AUS/NZ/SG-style total flight ban. Thankfully they weren’t total flight bans, but flights are the only way in, and they required quarantine. This worked until Delta.
- tomp 5y ago“Total” in the sense of “from everywhere” and “for everyone”, not just “from South Africa” or “for unvaccinated”