Ashfordian wrote:XFool wrote:The above is what you get when you confuse politics with science.
It seems you want to deny that Devi Sridhar is a Zero Covid loon. (I do question why you are trying to deny what she has written?)
Yes I certainly do. If I must I'd prefer to keep that moniker for the likes of The Great Barrington signatories and Carl Heneghan (other names are available).
Ashfordian wrote:Here it is in her own words from December 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... e-variants
Indeed. Let us look at "her own words": Wed 23 Dec 2020 14.36
"With limited information available about the new variant, the lesson from 2020 is to move early and enforce precautions rather than wait for things to unfold. When the government delayed a lockdown in the spring that would have reduced the death rate, Britain learned the hard way that it’s better to prevent an emerging disaster than to wait and watch." "
"Now more than ever, it’s clear why we need a proactive strategy to eliminate Covid * altogether. The government has often delayed and dithered, reacting to outbreaks rather than seeking to prevent them. The flight bans imposed by other European countries show that, while the UK may be hesitant at suspending international travel, other countries are perfectly willing to act to control the spread of the variant."
* "Covid" - Yes, COVID-19 the disease (not SARS‑CoV‑2, a virus) and its effects on people and society. Why would anyone not think that a good idea?
"It’s no longer enough to just flatten the curve, or treat Covid-19 like a yearly flu. This will devastate our economy and society and run down our health services. The model of living with the virus and allowing it to run through the population has failed. Even Sweden, once hailed by some as an example of how to avoid harsh measures, has been hamstrung by outbreaks, run out of hospital beds and asked its Scandinavian neighbours for help."
Ashfordian wrote:Someone who thought we could eliminate Covid is clearly not an 'expert'
Someone who, in April 2020 in the midst of a declared global pandemic, opined that COVID-19 wasn't a pandemic is who I'd prefer to call "not an 'expert' ".