How an uncanny thing called covid destroyed our lives

The years of living with increasingly oppressive Covid restrictions and mandates is a tale of many villains complicit in tyranny and a few heroes of resistance. It’s a story of venal, incompetent politicians and brutish police – thugs in uniform – acting at the behest of power-drunk apparatchiks.

Medically idiotic, economically ruinous, socially disruptive and embittering, culturally dystopian, politically despotic: what was there to like in the Covid era?
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Billions, if you were Big Pharma.

Unchecked power, if you were Big State.

Power over the whole population of a state and fame with extended daily TV appearances on all channels, if you were a chief medical officer.

More money and power over the world’s governments and people for the WHO.

Template for action for climate zealots.

Dreamtime for cops given free rein to indulge their inner bully.[/i]

But anguished despair, if you were a caring, concerned citizen who loves individual freedom and autonomy.

[b]But if you think it was all justified and good, then you have been taken in hook, line and sinker.[/b]

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

It didn't destroy my life, not that of most other people I know. Just put bits of it on hold for a few months.

It did destroy that of my longest-time friend, and literally, although he was already weak from other illnesses.

Nor did I recognise any of your apocalyptic police-state stuff in reality; tight and irritating though the temporary restrictions were..

I appreciate though it had a serious effect on the livelihoods of so many, especially in the catering and tourist trades, and considerably overloaded the NHS.

We can only hope that everyone - not only Great Britain - does learn from how they dealt with this pandemic, side-lined the pro-disease campaigners, and so be ready for the next epidemic or pandemic...... Which could of course be even more dangerous than Covid_SARS_19 and so may need even tighter rules.

We are not super-beings you know. We are a species of animal so we are not above Biology, and Biology includes diseases. Our sole advantage as a species is that we can protect ourselves to a reasonably large degree - and to do so even despite some campaigning against it so for the diseases, for whatever are their own reasons.

At least I have just had my Covid top-up vaccination (no side-effects) and am due my Influenza one.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@ArishMell Did you wear a mask in 1968-1969?

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@MrBrownstone Please remind me what that would have been for. 1969-70 was my last year at school!

I didn't, whatever happened then, but what was necessary in the most recent pandemic may not have been even thought about some [i]fifty years[/i] previously.

Sorry, but I can't see the point you are trying to make.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@ArishMell You didn't wear a mask for that pandemic.

CestManan · 46-50, F

@ArishMell @MrBrownstone

Of course some day, people will clean forget what happened in 20 - 21. Someday when another worldwide scam is imposed.