| Comment | I entirely agree with you on more nuanced rules - the problem is that, originally, we did have them, and if you remember there was a nation-wide cacophony of "the rules are too complicated! how is anyone meant to know/follow them!" and that's why we ended up with overly simplistic blanket rules that prevent people from doing reasonable things
so I'm not at all arguing that our rules are the best they could be, nor that the impacts are at all fair and equal, and especially not arguing that more couldn't be done to support those it impacts negatively, especially around mental health. All I am arguing against is the idea that we could manage/cope with a caseload that is permitted to remain positive in growth. And the fact that almost every country in the world, on every conceivable part of the political spectrum, is taking exactly the same base approach suggests there is good cause to be doing so rather than there being some high-level motivation to keep people indoors.
(personally I'm also far from happy, also locked in a tiny flat with no outdoor space and batshit neighbours, but in my case have been kept relatively sane just by being too busy, having a job that's been made harder by covid) |
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