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I wouldn't describe it as theatre. It's more an abundance of caution while we deal with something new and dangerous. Thats totally sensible. There's no real benefit in jumping the gun and getting it wrong, particularly when washing your hands and wiping down surfaces is a minor inconvenience.

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The "theatre" element this misguided focus on the surface cleaning which does not impact/reduce COVID-19 transmissions. That's the theatre he (and the scientists) are trying to expose and eliminate for the last 6 months

But it impacts/reduces the transmission of several other viruses. The number of people getting flu was substantially reduced this year and anecdotally the number of people getting colds and having "tummy troubles" have been dramatically reduced.

It probably helped to save few lives (from not getting different infections).

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