No one should doubt that COVID-19 has been utterly devastating. It has ravaged populations and wrecked an entire generation. But this question relates to the wider impact of lockdown, supposed cure for the disease. Has it instead worsened the outcomes of a pandemic it was designed to mitigate? Evidently, we were ill-equipped to manage the... Continue Reading →
National lockdown: A fascinating exercise in authoritarian government
Britain, alongside most of the world, has been confined to various forms of lockdown since the 24th March. A six-month sentence repenting for the negligent sins of our leaders, recently renewed with no definitive end date. Overall, I think the population has been remarkable passive and accepting, even if tensions are now becoming strained. A... Continue Reading →