• I mean, is the impact to the economy of people being required to wear masks and socially distance really that high? I can't see how it is.

    This clearly isn't an economic decision but a herd immunity one. There are still a lot of vulnerable people out there. They are being thrown under the bus. Not to mention any potential long term covid health effects or the fact that fully letting our guard down is basically destined to lead to new variants.

    There are no easy decisions to make in a pandemic. No perfect solutions. Much as we would like to live in a society where safety comes ahead of the economy, the reality is that we do not. However, this just seems reckless and short sighted.

    Our current stage of lockdown is basically that people can do whatever they want, as long as they wear masks in indoors public places....why change that now?

  • Isn't this just classic Tory libertarianism and the absolute abhorrence of being told what to do?

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