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Originally Posted by ThePrince
Hard disagree. You'll note that I've been very careful in my posts to say that "prolonged" lockdowns and restrictions were the issue. Not lockdowns in general. I was in alignment with the initial restrictions and lockdowns that were put in place, which were heavily campaigned for by medical experts.
As I've said, where I stopped agreeing was once the data was clear that vaccines were effective at protecting severe disease and children were largely not getting very sick. There was also definitely data at the time that children were starting to fall behind. There are always going to be edge cases where people need to be protected, but you can't stop society functioning to do so. However, there were many on the left that would jump down your throats for mentioning that there are other downstream effects to consider and that prolonged lockdowns were doing more harm than good.
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Would you care to address my points on the need to protect the healthcare system and the vulnerable as a reason for needing to continue firmer restrictions than the virus and vaccines alone allowed for?