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It's probably better to ratchet up precautions slightly for the additional 2-3 weeks from now that it will take to get more data. I don't think history will lo
by ineedasername 5y ago
It's probably better to ratchet up precautions slightly for the additional 2-3 weeks from now that it will take to get more data.
I don't think history will look poorly on a scenario of "A more infectious version of COVID emerged, so for the following 6-8 weeks we asked people to increase social distancing and mask wearing".
If the mandate was "Cancel Christmas and arrest people found at holiday parties" then yes, "authoritarian" history would look poorly on that. As it stands, I haven't seen any governments take drastic steps towards more lockdowns due to Omicron. It's all "urging more caution".
- volker48 5y agoThe Dutch are entering a pretty strict lockdown https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59713503 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59713503. Strict limits will be placed on the number of people who can meet - a maximum of two guests aged 13 and over will be allowed in people's homes, and four on 24-26 December and on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. This sounds pretty unenforceable though to be honest.
- ineedasername 5y agoThat seems unecessarily excessive, but in the face of a surge combined with a short deadline (expires Jan 9th) I would be hard pressed to write that down in the history books as and authoritarian atrocity.