I don't particularly agree with masks because I don't see any benefit from them but I don't see much point in violence. If you don't want to wear one quote the Equalities Act 2010 wear if you say you could be disadvantaged by wearing a mask if forced to, if a police officer or anyone else for that matter insists of proof, they are in breach of the law. I dont go out much but if I do I tend to wear one in a shop.
Masks ARE effective because the virus doesn't get transferred as a single cell, but in a droplet of water/spittle that the mask has a good chance of stopping. However it is better at catching the droplets you breathe out as they are bigger before they get broken down in air. It probably only stops two thirds of transmission inwards but more like 90% outwards. That's a massive improvement in a virus that grows exponentially.
A lot of people might want to catch it though rather than have a vaccination. Surely both would have the same result.
Not for the people you give it to while asymptomatic or for the health workers who have to treat them.
The lockdowns are necessary to save lives. Without them the economic damage would be worse as the epidemic would spiral out of control and the NHS would be destroyed. So the choice you think others can make is a completely false one. Anything that helps the virus multiply is literally killing people and destroying the economy.
I think it should be spread as fast as possible and try to reach herd immunity ASAP
Literally millions would die. With competent governments like in NZ that can be reduced by a factor if 1000 or more while the vaccine is rolled out. A vaccine has almost zero chance of killing anyone, herd immunity is going to cost 1% of the population at least and probably the same again in other diseases left untreated as the NHS is overwhelmed.
No more people have died this year than any other year so basically covid is taking out those who would have died anyway. if you do the maths the maximum who could die in the UK is 0.2/100*68M less the amount who have already died. Roughly 86k. Many of those will die with or without covid anyway. This lockdown rubbish is destroying businesses and livelihoods to save a few old farts like me, Trust me, it ain't worth it.
My millions referred to the whole world. As for Sweden, they seem to have very good compliance with measures like distancing which helped them in the first wave. But they have more than 50 times as many deaths pro rata as NZ and have just closed their secondary schools to reduce rising cases.
Sorry. This is utter nonsense. Deaths are above average despite the lockdowns. The lockdowns have also prevented knock on deaths from other diseases. Our government has managed it worse than almost any other, though.
I think you mean the Sweden that the alt right have held up as a great example of herd immunity working, which has been doing considerably worse than their immediate neighbours
