7 January

The ‘Economy’ is the worst it’s been for the entire pandemic. Lockdowns would be less damaging. (There is no Economy, just more proof.) Here’s the thing. ‘Living with the virus’ isn’t the opposite of ‘eliminating the virus’. It’s the privatisation of eliminating the virus. Libertarian governments won’t do it, so the people have to try and do it for them - you can’t live with a lethal virus. Just as these same governments dump their responsibilities for education, health care, roads etc. onto us - the ‘private sector’ - they’re now doing it with Covid. Somebody has to pay for all of these things, and make them happen. If the governments we elect to do it won’t do it, it falls to us to do it. Out of our own pockets.