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Should there be a lockdown referendum in the UK to decide if we should continue with them, or to leave it to people to decide for themselves if they wish to stay at home?
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#2
I disagree. If given the option most citizens would decide not to take part in lockdown. I don't think the public is given enough information to make an informed decision.
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#3
No. In electing a Conservative Party, the British public made it clear they wanted a government that promotes big government and the nanny state. Subsequent policies have reflected that.
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#4
No.
No. More. Referenda. Ever.
This is why we vote in MPs - so they make political decisions.
No. More. Referenda. Ever.
This is why we vote in MPs - so they make political decisions.
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#5
No. Not least given the time delay. If cases begin to rise, it could take weeks to put together and vote on a referendum by which point it'll be too late for a lockdown.
Plus it would cost even more government money while most voters would inevitably say no to avoid loss of income, closure of shops and all the other implications of a lockdown.
Plus it would cost even more government money while most voters would inevitably say no to avoid loss of income, closure of shops and all the other implications of a lockdown.
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#6
No referendums.
However lockdowns should be outlawed in the future as they can destroy the fabric of any society when they are applied for a long period of time.
Believing in lockdowns as measures of dealing with epidemics or pandemics shows precisely the level of ignorance most citizens have in scientific and public health matters.
TCA2b
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PilgrimOfTruth
However lockdowns should be outlawed in the future as they can destroy the fabric of any society when they are applied for a long period of time.
Believing in lockdowns as measures of dealing with epidemics or pandemics shows precisely the level of ignorance most citizens have in scientific and public health matters.
TCA2b
Megacent
PilgrimOfTruth
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#7
No, but I believe much greater transparency about their benefits and costs is essential. They're a very blunt tool.
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#8
(Original post by DiddyDec)
Ask the lizard people to outlaw it.
Ask the lizard people to outlaw it.
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#9
(Original post by Lucifer323)
What kind of answer is this?? What lizards 🦎 are you talking about?? You seem to be confusing the threads and how serious or not the threads are.
What kind of answer is this?? What lizards 🦎 are you talking about?? You seem to be confusing the threads and how serious or not the threads are.
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(Original post by TCA2b)
No, but I believe much greater transparency about their benefits and costs is essential. They're a very blunt tool.
No, but I believe much greater transparency about their benefits and costs is essential. They're a very blunt tool.
But do you really think that this will ever happen? I mean transparency.
I remember Professor Sunetra Gupta who when asked said that the lockdowns are good solutions for the...affluent! I mean she can't put it better.
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#11
(Original post by DiddyDec)
Lockdown is more serious than extinction?
Lockdown is more serious than extinction?
Anything on this matter the thread is asking?
Referendums on Lockdowns? Lockdowns?
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#12
(Original post by Lucifer323)
Definitely.
But do you really think that this will ever happen? I mean transparency.
I remember Professor Sunetra Gupta who when asked said that the lockdowns are good solutions for the...affluent! I mean she can't put it better.
Definitely.
But do you really think that this will ever happen? I mean transparency.
I remember Professor Sunetra Gupta who when asked said that the lockdowns are good solutions for the...affluent! I mean she can't put it better.
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#13
If we have a referendum, then we won't need a lockdown. Everyone who votes will have been exposed, and everyone who could die from it will already do so.
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#15
How do you intend for people to vote in a referendum on lockdowns if theyre, well, locked down and thus unable to go outside on the whole..?
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#16
(Original post by Em395)
I disagree. If given the option most citizens would decide not to take part in lockdown. I don't think the public is given enough information to make an informed decision.
I disagree. If given the option most citizens would decide not to take part in lockdown. I don't think the public is given enough information to make an informed decision.
Also given that polling constantly has support for the lockdowns at around 80%, its weird to conclude that the public would choose not to have one.
I do agree that we shouldn't have a referendum though.
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#17
(Original post by Lucifer323)
No referendums.
However lockdowns should be outlawed in the future as they can destroy the fabric of any society when they are applied for a long period of time.
Believing in lockdowns as measures of dealing with epidemics or pandemics shows precisely the level of ignorance most citizens have in scientific and public health matters.
TCA2b
Megacent
PilgrimOfTruth
No referendums.
However lockdowns should be outlawed in the future as they can destroy the fabric of any society when they are applied for a long period of time.
Believing in lockdowns as measures of dealing with epidemics or pandemics shows precisely the level of ignorance most citizens have in scientific and public health matters.
TCA2b
Megacent
PilgrimOfTruth
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#18
(Original post by MatureStudent37)
How else would you deal with a pandemic without a lockdown being introduced?
How else would you deal with a pandemic without a lockdown being introduced?
I don't think that scientists, health professionals, epidemiologists and medical doctors learn about lockdowns as a way to deal with epidemics or pandemics.
What kind of question is the one you have asked me? Since when this has become a scientific or medical fact? Since when its effectiveness has been proven?
Your question clearly shows that most people who take part in conversations like these ones don't have a single clue about scientific and public health matters.
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No I don't. We haven't had a lockdown and I don't want one now. I'd just like some of the current restrictions properly enforced. Rita Ora should be in court for her blatant breach and the Newcastle player who had a hairdresser to his house suspended from playing for a while.
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#20
(Original post by Lucifer323)
Since when lockdowns are ways of dealing with pandemics??
I don't think that scientists, health professionals, epidemiologists and medical doctors learn about lockdowns as a way to deal with epidemics or pandemics.
What kind of question is the one you have asked me? Since when this has become a scientific or medical fact? Since when its effectiveness has been proven?
Your question clearly shows that most people who take part in conversations like these ones don't have a single clue about scientific and public health matters.
Since when lockdowns are ways of dealing with pandemics??
I don't think that scientists, health professionals, epidemiologists and medical doctors learn about lockdowns as a way to deal with epidemics or pandemics.
What kind of question is the one you have asked me? Since when this has become a scientific or medical fact? Since when its effectiveness has been proven?
Your question clearly shows that most people who take part in conversations like these ones don't have a single clue about scientific and public health matters.
Lockdowns are in place to stop the NHS being overwhelmed .
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