>it sounds like a very strange decision to me. I suppose it could have been a form of pre-emptive triage to avoid hospital overload? Yes, it is very strange. I

>it sounds like a very strange decision to me. I suppose it could have been a form of pre-emptive triage to avoid hospital overload? Yes, it is very strange. In March 2020, we were promised a global pandemic the like of which had never been seen before, with the young and old alike dropping dead in the street. Despite it very quickly becoming apparent that this was not the case, the general response, public messaging, and state of mind for many continues as if that were true. >would more or less require a globally coordinated lockdown It would also require borders to be sealed shut to allcomers, which is not something that most Western countries are used to enforcing.