(b) Citation needed. Again [0], why doesn't countries under lockdowns such as israel and norway do not have excess death if lockdowns causes extrem harm? And before the "rich country" argument, why South africa does not have any excess death and even way less death than expected? Those three countries are under sever lockdown. Unless you think it will cause longterm damage to those countries and more time is needed. I guarantee you i had once an asthma strong enough to cause moderate hypoxemia, i will remember this all my life even if it did not last more than a day. I think the lockdown is really easy if im honest. And i know for a fact that at least in France, most cooks and chef de partie are pretty happy with the lockdown too even if they will be the most impacted by the lockdown (75% pay for learning new tricks and doing homestay culinary contests might be the reason why)
(c) Good argument.
> The lack of... shaky basis of this action [0]. Explain (a) and (b) then
> Specifically, .... which was then back-filled.
Untrue for France [1] (might need google translate for that)
> The government has put itself into a win-win situation. Yes, agreed but i don't understand why does this matters.
> The veneration of the health care workers is also disgusting, this ridiculous clapping and so on. Yes, but this is a personnal opinion (i REALLY agree with) and no argument at all.
> More mind-programming for the masses. Just wanted to point it out: if you read this sentence in a text you don't agree with (like a 9/11 or moonlanding conspiracy theory), what would you think of the person writing this?
If you really care about being rationnal, the question you should always ask is "why do i think this". Why would you think this is programming for the masses and not just herd-like comportment that also happens to fulfill a psychological need?
[0] https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06... [1] https://www.vie-publique.fr/discours/273933-emmanuel-macron-...