Despite being ahead of the US in its rollout of the vaccine, the UK is far behind when it comes to unlocking restrictions. Recent reports have suggested that some of the UK’s current restrictions could be in place for more time than was originally expected, not less. The Telegraph has the story.
The US is rapidly casting off Covid restrictions despite trailing the UK in its race to vaccinate their population.
As the UK remains in tight lockdown, wide swathes of America are now almost back to business as usual. Texas is “open 100%” according to its Governor, who has also done away with any requirement to wear a mask.
In Florida this weekend thousands of students packed on to beaches during Spring Break, while families poured into Disney World.
California, one of the most restrictive states during the pandemic, this week allowed restaurants to open for indoor dining, and permitted gyms and cinemas to operate with limited capacity.
On Friday, Joe Biden celebrated reaching his goal of having 100 million vaccine doses administered in his first 100 days. The target was surpassed six weeks early.
But the US still lags behind the UK in rolling out vaccines.
The UK has administered about 41 vaccine doses per 100 people. The US effort stands at 35 per 100 people. Both are in the top five nations on this metric.
Around 60,000 coronavirus cases, and over 1,000 deaths, are still being recorded in the US.
The UK totals are less than 6,000 cases and around 100 deaths daily, around one tenth of the US levels.
However, the UK remains glued in lockdown. Schools returned on March 8th, but not until March 29th will up to six people be allowed to meet outdoors.
Only by April 12th will hairdressers and gyms open, along with pubs for outdoor use.
Such restrictions are already unrecognisable in the US.
Clearly, America’s vaccine rollout has been impressive. The question, therefore, is not “why is the US coming out of lockdown so early” but, rather, “why is the UK still in lockdown”?
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I read the synopsis and decided washing my hair would be a better way of spending a wet afternoon.
It reminded me of the other nudge, nudge Hollywood Eco nonsense The Day After Tomorrow, where Denis Quaid struggles through apocalyptic levels of snow, which has destroyed New York and killed most of the inhabitants, but manages, somehow, to save his own son who has miraculously survived.
Nonsense on stilts.
But surely it’s a story about a marginalised expert who goes against the settled science and proves all others wrong and is a hero for doing so…
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Nope, you can’t research that. The Science is settled.
When I hear that idea – that The Science is ‘settled‘ – I think of sewage works and the vast settling tanks where all the sh*t settles at the lowest point.
Some of it floats to the top = experts.
Off topic but Tommy Robinson has been released on bail. You can hear a conversation he had on the phone with his ex before he knew he’d be bailed which explains the details of what happened. He continues to expose the corrupt system therefore he continues to be seen as Public Enemy number 1, despite never having held a flag of jihad in his life. Crazy;
”I can now confirm that Tommy has actually been released, he is on bail, and the police have taken his phone.
I want thank everyone (as does Tommy) who have been out protesting for him today, it absolutely made a difference.
Tommy has asked me to upload the conversation he had with his ex wife while he was detained for terror related offences.
We will be able to update you all tomorrow.”
https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1817700349035123057
This is apparently how ”justice” works in the UK;
https://x.com/DaniElBnChofshi/status/1817844478574797166
I read TR’s book ‘Enemy of the State’ nearly ten years ago. An excellent read. Highly recommend.
David Icke was warning about Police abusing ‘Terrorism’ laws about 15 years ago.
It certainly demonstrated that reliance on “Experts” that are incompetent at understanding the big picture of their opinion is a bad idea. No shortage of that at present.
“Experts” like Farrar, Fauci, Vallance and Whitty understand perfectly well the “big picture” – a big picture that includes career advancement, power, money, kudos and the chance to advance their political ideas.
There are many excellent storm chasers providing excellent footage of tornados as well as security cam footage of tornados up close.
e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1wuPBHRi4Q
Or this insane footage of a wind turbine being turned into streamers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ZDVYzIhgc