It was announced on Sunday evening that the cabinet will likely announce a full lockdown this week if the number of new corona infections does not level off. De Telegraaf was the first to come up with this news. The newspaper relies on various “sources” around the cabinet.
An “initiate” says, “We are now really at a crossroads.” Either the measures taken in recent weeks will have an effect and will level off, or the government will go further than ever.
This is totally crazy. Earlier this month, Member of Parliament Wybren van Haga from Forum for Democracy (he is now a member of the Forum for Democracy) tweeted that the new Chinese coronavirus has an Infection Fatality Rate, according to the WHO (World Health Organization). of about 0.23%. That figure is slightly higher than the flu, but not much higher. And in people under 70 years old, the mortality rate is even lower.
Mind you, the research on the IFR was done by a scientist John P.A. Ioannidis from Stanford University and one of the world’s most respected scientists in epidemiology. This is not a “conspiracy wappie” without “expert knowledge,” which can be written off just like that. No, this may be the greatest expert… anywhere. And he concludes that the IFR of this virus is only slightly higher than that of the flu.
When you understand that, it’s totally insane that even considering introducing a full lockdown. In recent months, the cabinet should have scaled up care to ensure that hospitals could receive corona patients. The cuts in recent years should have been reversed. Redundant staff should have been welcomed, pensioners too, etc.
A total lockdown is totally irresponsible. If the cabinet does this, the economic, psychological and even physical damage will be unheard of. Tens of thousands of companies will then fall. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people become unemployed. The economy will collapse completely. Depression and addictions will increase rapidly.
A total lockdown is terrible. If the new coronavirus was as deadly as Ebola, that is. But we’re talking about a fucking virus that, according to research by Prof. Ioannidis is more of a Flu 2.0 than anything else.
Death rate of 0.13% -0.26%… and then a TOTAL LOCKDOWN? Crackling. They should have scaled up care. Roll back cuts from past years. Recall layoffs, retirees too… and voila. A lockdown is irresponsible. It is a mystery to me why citizens cooperate
– Michael van der Galien (@MichaelvdGalien) October 25, 2020
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