616,000 people died in 2018. That's almost 2,000 a day. Up until November last year, 569,000 had died, again, almost 2,000 a day.
I don't seem to recall 2018 being spent shut indoors.
697,000 deaths in 2020 ,last year ,when Covid started ,
nearly 100 thousand more than expected (even BBC said 85,000 ages ago) ,
ONS says excess deaths may be north of 125 thousand IIRC
current covid death average is 1000 a day ,
Not disputing that there are more preferable ways to go, or that the NHS is so badly organised that it is annually overwhelmed by the seasonal flu, let alone a pandemic... But lockdown clearly doesn't work, so either seal EVERYONE indoors for a month or six and hope that Batflu magically dissappears...
Or let everything carry on as it was and learn to live with it in the same way as he have with everything else that comes along.
OR....
hope that track and trace plus vaccine rollout and current restrictions see the numbers drop to a manageable level ,which it isn't right now.
and to say lockdowns don't work is twaddle, they do work ,as can be seen by the graphs etc , they are just not working as well as everyone would hope ,probably because half the country are running round demanding pubs, shops etc be opened asap, holidays ,etc etc rather than doing all they can to stop the spread.
when levels are manageable again , local lockdowns should return ,along with much stricter enforcement and track and trace to keep it under control.
kept under control, Covid could be manageable , like flu
it could be under control in the UK in 6 months if EVERYONE for with the program
it won't be though