Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
Rather than back slapping and saying how well they all did, combined of course with the back biting and finger pointing, the enquiry should be looking at whether the lock downs were actually required or were excessive. It should also be asking why the emergency plan hey had in place was completely ignored and knee jerking was allowed to take over. Should also look at why scientists were ever allowed to propose worst case scenarios of death numbers as more or less guarantees causing complete panic amongst politicians which subsequently pervaded (almost) the whole of society. Ultimately it should ask why scientists were permitted to run the country rather than the elected government of the time and whether those politicians, particularly those in senior positions, were guilty of abandoning their responsibilities.

It should be recommending criminal proceedings against those responsible for the mess that was made.

Yes, the virus made people ill and was fatal to those with compromised immunity or respiratory conditions - but why did we all have to suffer? Healthy adults treated like nursery school children under threat of prosecution if we disobeyed an unelected scientist backed by weak politicians - absolute scandal.
The flu virus can be fatal to those with compromised immunity or respiratory conditions but we did not have a lock down during previous flu epidemics.
People just got on with things.