Camilla Tominey has written a scathing critique of the Covid Inquiry in the Telegraph, accusing it of devolving into a blame game rather than rigorously assessing the efficacy of lockdowns. Here’s how her article begins:
What on earth is the point of the Covid Inquiry? Lockdown was arguably the most controversial policy to be implemented in British peacetime history. It had huge ramifications for the nation’s health, its economy and for an entire generation of children. The impact is still being felt, with nearly 7.8 million patients languishing on NHS waiting lists. Wednesday’s Autumn Statement laid bare the stultifying effect it has had on the U.K.’s growth rate and the eye-watering sums it has added to our national debt.
We needed a thorough investigation into whether the coronavirus cure was worse than the disease; a forensic cost-benefit analysis of whether shutting down the country for months on end was the right policy.
But we haven’t got that. Far from it. Instead, we have an embarrassing merry-go-round of blame that is repeatedly failing to answer the central and most important question of all: How many lives were actually saved by lockdown, and was it really worth it?
In June, researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Lund University examined almost 20,000 studies on measures taken to protect populations against Covid across the world. Their findings suggested that lockdown in spring 2020, when compared with less strict policies adopted by nations like Sweden, prevented as few as 1,700 deaths in England and Wales. To put that into context: In an average week there are around 11,000 deaths in England and Wales. Flu deaths hit a five-year high of 15,000 in England last winter.
The report’s authors said their study showed that the draconian measures had a “negligible impact” on Covid mortality and were a “policy failure of gigantic proportions”. They concluded: “The data are in: The deaths saved were a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering collateral costs imposed.”
“The data are in.” Information we desperately lacked at the start of the pandemic we now have in droves. Yet is any of it being properly pored over by the inquiry? No. Are any “lessons being learnt” or meaningful conclusions being drawn? It appears not.
In conclusion, Camilla Tominey issues a stark warning: If the inquiry fails to address the fundamental question of the efficacy of lockdowns, it would be deemed a dereliction of duty in the face of future pandemics.
Worth reading in full.
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This evil must be stopped.
The Government will not stop this. Parents have to fight back. Home school individually or in groups. Or, perhaps form groups and demonstrate outside the school and name and shame the heads of those schools for the perversion of their children. Make the head teachers lives hell upon which they will approach their unions for help. The unions will then either do nothing with the result of head teachers resigning, sick leave etc causing headaches for the educational authorities to remedy the situation or the unions may put pressure on the goverment to reconsider ‘identity’ lessons. Take a leaf out of the Left activism book and turn it against the progressives.
And whilst doing this join centre right challenger parties whose manifesto state they will halt this state perversion of children.
I agree wholeheartedly; as with the schools allowing children under the age of majority to take part in protests where illegal acts are committed, even if High Plod Rowley disagrees, this is a Child Safety issue. Adults who sanction this, who have had to undergo a high level Disclosure and Barring Service vetting in order to go to work should be reported by their Heads ( unless they agree ). The Chair of Governors of these schools are equally responsible for these minors being exploited in this horrendous manner.
But that is in a world in which we do not inhabit; home schooling is the obvious answer but only if a parent can undertake this responsibility …. and for those families who cannot, what a Catch 22 this is.
Where is the safeguarding for these children? Are these private providers checked? Are they allowed access to the children alone? Are they given access to the children’s private data and contact details.
Saviles, Epsteins, Blairs etc. of the world rejoice! Worth watching the whole No Outsiders promo video of which the Teddy is an extract.
https://youtu.be/CIH7I_SEU0E
Shush we can’t say paedophiles have infiltrated primary schools because that would offend the paedophiles.
Ah yes, bless their little cotton socks. They’re so persecuted. They must be free to explore their perversions.
(To be clear, this is sarcasm, just in case it wasn’t obvious)
“Minor attracted persons”, please!
No Outsiders boss Andrew Moffat wrote: “This teaching must begin in primary schools. We are all intersectional; one identity does not suffice to make up who we are.”
IMHO, the appropriate place for this person is a mental asylum the moments he starts to make a nuisance of himself and certainly not an elementary school where he can freely preach to really young children lacking the mental capacity and experience necessary for assessing the value of his statements. Children which aren’t yet sexually mature obviously don’t have an idea what being a man or a woman actually means. And this deranged would-be pied piper shouldn’t have an opportunity to exploit this.
Words fail me, can’t kids just be kids?
They’ll work out the rest in due corse!
I did.
Target the school governors of the schools that allow this.
If you don’t want your children indoctrinated with this nonsense, home-school them.
Horrendous teacher!!! I see this as child abuse. I would home school if this happened.
Run away to a place they won’t find! is never the solution. Should these people find themselves dispossessed of a sizeable number of vulnerable pupils to exploit, they’ll find a way to make this illegal to Save the children!