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By *l_xxx OP   Man
9 weeks ago

South leeds

Covid feels almost forgotten with the exception that long Covid does exist and the slightest cold wrecks my lungs (experiencing it now).

The world was reporting how scary times were..... maybe a bit of global lockdown wouldn't be a bad thing now!

Does anyone else find colds/flu more severe on the body after Covid?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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9 weeks ago

East Sussex

No but I do have regular 24 hour bouts of flu like symptoms and one of my eyes was badly affected by COVID

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By *ools and the brainCouple
9 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
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9 weeks ago

Central

I've not had Covid, having always tested for it whenever I've had the slightest hint of anything like a cold. I might have had asymptomatic infection though. I've only had 2 minor colds in 6 years, since the start of the pandemic, which is fewer than previous times. I think

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By *lkGuyMagic24Man
9 weeks ago

Kingswood

Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

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By *icecouple561Couple
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9 weeks ago

East Sussex


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case "

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down.

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By *eansayianMan
9 weeks ago

oxford

ive always really suffered badly from colds/flu etc and covid hit me real hard the first time, my oxygen was in the mid 80's, i remember laying in bed googling it and it was saying go to hospital but then they were talking about people dying on those ventilaters at the time and i was like f that! but na i dont find i get worse these days, but now every time someone coughs at the gym etc i get up and walk off lol

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By *lassiccokeorpepsimaxCouple
9 weeks ago

Cardiff

I have severe asthma and when I last had COVID I ended up hospitalized with respiratory failure and later a bacterial chest infection on top.

I get the flu and COVID jab still.

It frustrates me that a lot of people don't consider those that are vulnerable and term it a 'cold' when for people like me.. well it can kill us.

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By *lassiccokeorpepsimaxCouple
9 weeks ago

Cardiff

Sorry I realize that wasn't even answering your question 😅

(Mrs)

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By *xbabyxxxWoman
9 weeks ago

Doncaster

Never had COVID but since having the first 2 jabs it seems to to take longer to get rid of a cough or cold , which I rarely get but when I do it wipes me out

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By *ineteen89Man
9 weeks ago

Swindon

I caught it very very early on - my partner worked in a care home and it was so early enough we had to drive to chessington so health workers only could get tested. The rapid testing hadn’t even been deployed then.

I genuinely felt I was as close to death as I’ve ever been, and spent the next two weeks sleeping downstairs because I was out of breath getting halfway up the stairs.

The risk from Covid wasn’t going to be from the virus itself, it was going to be secondary infections from stuff that maybe normally wouldn’t be such a problem, becoming far more serious as your depleted immune system just tries to hang on.

I really feel my total lung capacity has been cut by a quarter or something

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By *I TwoCouple
9 weeks ago

near enough


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case "

I guess you don't know anything about virology or epidemiology then ?

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
9 weeks ago

Crawley Down

I caught it 2 years after things went back to normal, I haven't noticed too much difference.

I used to get chest infections everytime I got a cough, hayfever still floors me.

So no great issues

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By *elaninMaverickWoman
9 weeks ago

near Putney Heath


"Covid feels almost forgotten with the exception that long Covid does exist and the slightest cold wrecks my lungs (experiencing it now).

The world was reporting how scary times were..... maybe a bit of global lockdown wouldn't be a bad thing now!

Does anyone else find colds/flu more severe on the body after Covid?

"

I don't think I have long Covid so cold and flus are about the same.

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By *eralDeviantWoman
9 weeks ago

Hull

I still hear of people getting covid. Less frequently but I been pretty unwell for. 4 years since getting pheumonia and covid after 2 vaxs.

Second one felt like I was verging on death. Pheumonia and covid floored me.

I can't breath the wrong air without my lungs aching like they still have pluracy and going into stage 2-3 anaphylaxis.

Regret the vaxes more than anything, took them because I was immunecompromised now I'm more so.

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By (user no longer on site)
9 weeks ago

COVID didn't stop me from going on holiday every month

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By *VC_LeatherTV/TS
9 weeks ago

Southampton


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I guess you don't know anything about virology or epidemiology then ?"

When did you last get a "covid" booster jab? You do remember they were supposed to be done about every 6 months?

Tell me, do you still go around with a ridiculous face mask on?

Can you explain why people stopped dying of flu and pneumonia and then started again?

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By *entakuruMan
9 weeks ago

I had it two, possibly three times during and immediately after lockdown because my stupid boss at the time bought his school age kids into our (three person) workplace. I know it was them because the smallest one was complaining our ketchup tasted bad (it was a gourmet burger delivery kitchen and we only ever used Heinz). Barely 24 hours later I went from feeling fine to getting freezing cold sweats working the grill. But it was not bad enough that had there not been a pandemic on, I'd have skipped work. 48 hours after that I felt right as rain only I couldn't smell a damn thing. The house could have caught fire and I wouldn't have smelled smoke even though my nose wasnt blocked or anything. It was over six weeks til it started to come back.

The next times I barely even felt unwell but everything I normally like tasted or smelled disgusting. Less dangerous in terms of the house burning down but I like my food and drink so that aspect really sucked when my favourite foods tasted like bin juice and despair.

I know a lot of people lost loved ones so I'm trying not to be flippant about it but I lost two family members and a bunch of my friends suffered a range of serious and in some cases permanent health issues as a direct consequence of the vaccine which I wasn't against per se, but also wary of being an early adopter due to it seeming 'rushed to market', decided to wait and see how the first couple of rounds went - and as time went by I made the decision to avoid it, which I still think was the correct choice bearing in mind what happened to my friends and family who did.

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By *otwifeforyou1978Couple
9 weeks ago

Telford

Whatever your thoughts are on the subject we won’t be doing that again for one simple reason. We can’t afford it!!

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By *oorlandtwoCouple
9 weeks ago

Stoke on Trent


"Covid feels almost forgotten with the exception that long Covid does exist and the slightest cold wrecks my lungs (experiencing it now).

The world was reporting how scary times were..... maybe a bit of global lockdown wouldn't be a bad thing now!

Does anyone else find colds/flu more severe on the body after Covid?

"

What utter bull shit the whole scenario was, a complete and utter waste of money

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By *iscreetfuncpl12Couple
9 weeks ago

Somerset

I have a lung condition that makes me more susceptible to bacterial lung infections which have hospitalised me twice. I had three confirmed cases of Covid when I had to test. The first wasn’t great but the other two were minor inconveniences. I was actually pleased to test positive because it meant it wasn’t a bacterial chest infection which experience told me was generally a more unpleasant experience than Covid. Shortly after the kids went back to school full time, every child seemed to develop awful coughs as they hadn’t been mixing with other children for so long to build up their immunity (in my non-medically trained opinion) which I caught and put me in hospital. Pneumonia twice, resulted in a stone and a half weight loss, which I didn’t need to lose and left me breathless walking to the end of the road. I started again at the gym, changed my diet and am now as healthy as I have ever been. Even ran a 5k in a reasonable time. I upped the gym and cardio (Japanese walking) and improved my diet again, as my blood pressure was a little high, and this seems to have reduced the incidences of chest infections- touch wood, but zero in the last 11 months. Before that, post getting fitter, antibiotics knocked them on the head within a couple of days. For the record I had all the Covid jabs up to the last one offered to me just over a year ago. I still get nervous when I develop a sore throat or someone coughs on me though.

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By *on_20Couple
9 weeks ago

Manchester and Cardiff

We can get an accurate idea as to what would have happened had we not locked down by looking at countries which didn’t lock down (eg Sweden)

I disagreed strongly with lockdown and still do.

Respiratory infections are always going to be dangerous to the very young, elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Respectfully, that was, and is, no reason for lockdown and it was inappropriate to do so incurring the large expense and opening up all the fraudulent applications for bounce back loans and CBILS. We are now spending a fortune in trying to pursue those who fraudulently obtained the funding. We are still haemorrhaging public money caused by lockdown.

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By *lueDressWoman
9 weeks ago

Bath Somerset

I get flareups. Sometimes they are pretty nasty. And I'm always coughing. I haven't not coughed since March 2020.

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By *I TwoCouple
9 weeks ago

near enough


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I guess you don't know anything about virology or epidemiology then ?

When did you last get a "covid" booster jab? You do remember they were supposed to be done about every 6 months?

Tell me, do you still go around with a ridiculous face mask on?

Can you explain why people stopped dying of flu and pneumonia and then started again?"

Do keep up, the past is occupying far too much of your time.

Read about evolution of virus,read about how lack of social interaction limits spread of flu and pneumonia.

Lots of stuff for you to learn about xx

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By *I TwoCouple
9 weeks ago

near enough


"We can get an accurate idea as to what would have happened had we not locked down by looking at countries which didn’t lock down (eg Sweden)

I disagreed strongly with lockdown and still do.

Respiratory infections are always going to be dangerous to the very young, elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Respectfully, that was, and is, no reason for lockdown and it was inappropriate to do so incurring the large expense and opening up all the fraudulent applications for bounce back loans and CBILS. We are now spending a fortune in trying to pursue those who fraudulently obtained the funding. We are still haemorrhaging public money caused by lockdown.

"

You need to study how Sweden actually controlled COVID spread by self discipline and social distancing, something Brits couldn't be trusted to do.

Saying they didn't lock down is only a small part of the story often used to pursue a false agenda

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By *on_20Couple
9 weeks ago

Manchester and Cardiff


"We can get an accurate idea as to what would have happened had we not locked down by looking at countries which didn’t lock down (eg Sweden)

I disagreed strongly with lockdown and still do.

Respiratory infections are always going to be dangerous to the very young, elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Respectfully, that was, and is, no reason for lockdown and it was inappropriate to do so incurring the large expense and opening up all the fraudulent applications for bounce back loans and CBILS. We are now spending a fortune in trying to pursue those who fraudulently obtained the funding. We are still haemorrhaging public money caused by lockdown.

You need to study how Sweden actually controlled COVID spread by self discipline and social distancing, something Brits couldn't be trusted to do.

Saying they didn't lock down is only a small part of the story often used to pursue a false agenda "

I never said they did nothing. I said they didn’t lock down. I’m well aware of what they did thank you

K

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
Forum Mod

9 weeks ago

Central


"We can get an accurate idea as to what would have happened had we not locked down by looking at countries which didn’t lock down (eg Sweden)

I disagreed strongly with lockdown and still do.

Respiratory infections are always going to be dangerous to the very young, elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Respectfully, that was, and is, no reason for lockdown and it was inappropriate to do so incurring the large expense and opening up all the fraudulent applications for bounce back loans and CBILS. We are now spending a fortune in trying to pursue those who fraudulently obtained the funding. We are still haemorrhaging public money caused by lockdown.

"

It's estimated that we could have potentially saved tens of thousands of lives,if we'd locked down earlier, when experts advised to. It might have meant shorter periods of restrictions.

Early on, we knew very little about the virus, though close to home, we had evidence of seeing how it had severe impacts on places like Italy. We had a couple of weeks leeway from them.

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By *iscreetfuncpl12Couple
9 weeks ago

Somerset


"We can get an accurate idea as to what would have happened had we not locked down by looking at countries which didn’t lock down (eg Sweden)

I disagreed strongly with lockdown and still do.

Respiratory infections are always going to be dangerous to the very young, elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Respectfully, that was, and is, no reason for lockdown and it was inappropriate to do so incurring the large expense and opening up all the fraudulent applications for bounce back loans and CBILS. We are now spending a fortune in trying to pursue those who fraudulently obtained the funding. We are still haemorrhaging public money caused by lockdown.

It's estimated that we could have potentially saved tens of thousands of lives,if we'd locked down earlier, when experts advised to. It might have meant shorter periods of restrictions.

Early on, we knew very little about the virus, though close to home, we had evidence of seeing how it had severe impacts on places like Italy. We had a couple of weeks leeway from them. "

This assertion is very questionable. The Public Enquiry, which has cost £200m plus, unlike previous ones, did not have anyone able to properly analyse big data sets and consequently made erroneous claims which don’t stand up to serious scrutiny.

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By *onicZMan
9 weeks ago

Nottinghamshire

I've had it twice that I know of. I used to get severe coughs and colds every winter but it seems they've somewhat left me alone in the severe sense they used to except for the occasionally sniffle day/week

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By *an1978Woman
8 weeks ago

Gwynedd/ Powys Border

Yes, for 5 years or so every cold meant not being able to go upstairs without getting breathless, and a few times needing to go to the GP.

I changed my way of living.

I don't gather in enclosed spaces, I spend a lot more time outdoors, I eat better.

Probably pure luck that I've been cold free for 6 months, but I'm hopeful it is that I'm getting stronger

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By *ilthyscouser68Man
8 weeks ago

liverpool

Never had it. Never had any jabs either or flu jabs. Don’t know why people still get either of them. They obviously make you worse of

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By *nlyliveonce69Man
8 weeks ago

carlisle

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
Forum Mod

8 weeks ago

Central


"Never had it. Never had any jabs either or flu jabs. Don’t know why people still get either of them. They obviously make you worse of "

The evidence is very clear that they make overwhelmingly positive contributions to good health and well-being. They also gave a huge benefit, when we'd been struggling globally with the pandemic

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By *rlandoMan
8 weeks ago

Manchester/ West Yorks


"Never had COVID but since having the first 2 jabs it seems to to take longer to get rid of a cough or cold , which I rarely get but when I do it wipes me out"

Interesting. My mum has literally had an endless battle against various illnesses and things that the doctors can’t explain, ever since the jabs…

I had Covid once around lockdown, it was mild tbh, I never got jabbed and been all good ever since and very very rarely get colds and if I do I can usually shake them pretty quick.

Not saying the jabs are directly linked to these things but it’s certainly interesting… I’ve known a few people have unexpected and unexplainable health complications since the jabs

Maybe I’m bias because I didn’t get the jab so my brain chooses to remember / notice things in my favour

But it’s interesting to observe nonetheless

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By *aughtyPumpkinWoman
8 weeks ago

between Donny/Scunny/Gainsborough

My husband was absolutely fine, until he’d been vaccinated. Now he’s gone from running marathons to barely being able to do a 10k and being out of breath doing simple stuff. Glad he did that to ‘keep everyone safe’

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By *lkGuyMagic24Man
8 weeks ago

Kingswood


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I guess you don't know anything about virology or epidemiology then ?"

No more than the average guy

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By *hadowSirenWoman
8 weeks ago

Near


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I guess you don't know anything about virology or epidemiology then ?

When did you last get a "covid" booster jab? You do remember they were supposed to be done about every 6 months?

Tell me, do you still go around with a ridiculous face mask on?

Can you explain why people stopped dying of flu and pneumonia and then started again?"

I still wear a ‘ridiculous face mask’ for many reasons.

Firstly, I am a frontline healthcare professional that works with vulnerable people, as well as having eosinophillic asthma myself (means I drop like a rock when I get a cold/chest infection/Covid) and when I have a cold/chest infection/flu I am still well enough to work, but my infection could prove fatal to someone more vulnerable than myself. I honestly have no idea why we haven’t been wearing them frontline for years.

Secondly, I wear them now because my mum has just started chemotherapy and is therefore immunosuppressed. A minor bout of D&V/cold etc could be catastrophic for her.

I had a nasty chest infection start a few days after she was admitted to hospital 2 weeks go. I wore a mask when I visited to protect both her, the staff on the ward and the other patients who are elderly and equally as vulnerable.

So please don’t judge people on their decisions to wear a ‘ridiculous face mask’ - most educated people with common sense would do the same

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By *lrightthenMan
8 weeks ago

Bradford

Honestly I regret getting the jab. What did it even do? I know people who haven't had the jab and they're no better or worse after getting COVID than I was. What did I even get jabbed with

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By *rman82Man
8 weeks ago

Manchester


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down. "

We know what happened in Sweden. We also know what happened in states across America where they locked down more harshly than those that didn’t. You can’t dispute the numbers, they didn’t work and they cause much more harm than good. That is a fact.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
Forum Mod

8 weeks ago

Central


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down.

We know what happened in Sweden. We also know what happened in states across America where they locked down more harshly than those that didn’t. You can’t dispute the numbers, they didn’t work and they cause much more harm than good. That is a fact. "

It's possible that deaths would have been considerably lower, by about a third, if Sweden hadn't been the outlier and had had a lockdown approach. Many people would say it's not okay to have their life sacrificed, given the choice.

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By *rman82Man
8 weeks ago

Manchester


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down.

We know what happened in Sweden. We also know what happened in states across America where they locked down more harshly than those that didn’t. You can’t dispute the numbers, they didn’t work and they cause much more harm than good. That is a fact.

It's possible that deaths would have been considerably lower, by about a third, if Sweden hadn't been the outlier and had had a lockdown approach. Many people would say it's not okay to have their life sacrificed, given the choice. "

Any stats to back this up? Take a look at how many people died in Sweden, you’ll see they had very similar death rates to other similar countries that did lock down, without the negative economic impac. Also, compare Florida to California. Very little difference in number of deaths. The long term effects of locking down are still being felt, closing the schools was criminal. There is simply no justification for it, they didn’t work. Simples

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By *ary_ArgyllMan
8 weeks ago

Argyll


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case "

Remember no-one actually knew what the mortality rate would be or how long it would take to develop a vaccine. These things only became known as the epidemic developed. The pros and cons of locking down are well discussed and it's difficult to balance whether actio sooner would have helped or if in the end similar result would have occurred. Hopefully the public enquiry might make us more prepared next time although I'm not too optimistic about that.

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By *rman82Man
8 weeks ago

Manchester


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

Remember no-one actually knew what the mortality rate would be or how long it would take to develop a vaccine. These things only became known as the epidemic developed. The pros and cons of locking down are well discussed and it's difficult to balance whether actio sooner would have helped or if in the end similar result would have occurred. Hopefully the public enquiry might make us more prepared next time although I'm not too optimistic about that."

We did know sooner than they let on, we knew it affected older people more and people with underlying health conditions. Let’s not forget we continued to lock down for 18 months after, they knew much sooner, in fact they knew from Italy that it affected these people more but they still chose to lock everyone down. Perhaps they could have protected the vulnerable, gave better information, let people get some vitamin D (which has been proven to be very beneficial) and not locked everyone down. Hindsight is a marvellous thing… but lots of people were saying this from the very start.

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By *iss Leanne BTV/TS
8 weeks ago

Manchester


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case "

zzzzzzzzzz

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By *teveuk77Man
8 weeks ago

uk


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down.

We know what happened in Sweden. We also know what happened in states across America where they locked down more harshly than those that didn’t. You can’t dispute the numbers, they didn’t work and they cause much more harm than good. That is a fact.

It's possible that deaths would have been considerably lower, by about a third, if Sweden hadn't been the outlier and had had a lockdown approach. Many people would say it's not okay to have their life sacrificed, given the choice.

Any stats to back this up? Take a look at how many people died in Sweden, you’ll see they had very similar death rates to other similar countries that did lock down, without the negative economic impac. Also, compare Florida to California. Very little difference in number of deaths. The long term effects of locking down are still being felt, closing the schools was criminal. There is simply no justification for it, they didn’t work. Simples"

While Sweden had a lower death rate than many Southern European countries, it experienced significantly higher mortality rates than its immediate Nordic neighbours (Norway, Denmark, and Finland) during the first two years of the pandemic.

Deaths per million

Sweden 2,793

Finland 2,058

Denmark 1,500 - 1,800*

Norway 1,000 - 1,200*

*Estimated based on trend data as official per-million updates vary by reporting source.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
Forum Mod

8 weeks ago

Central


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down.

We know what happened in Sweden. We also know what happened in states across America where they locked down more harshly than those that didn’t. You can’t dispute the numbers, they didn’t work and they cause much more harm than good. That is a fact.

It's possible that deaths would have been considerably lower, by about a third, if Sweden hadn't been the outlier and had had a lockdown approach. Many people would say it's not okay to have their life sacrificed, given the choice.

Any stats to back this up? Take a look at how many people died in Sweden, you’ll see they had very similar death rates to other similar countries that did lock down, without the negative economic impac. Also, compare Florida to California. Very little difference in number of deaths. The long term effects of locking down are still being felt, closing the schools was criminal. There is simply no justification for it, they didn’t work. Simples"

Search around for the scientific research evidence that's been conducted. Links to those are not permitted in the forum

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By *ada123Couple
8 weeks ago

Glasgow


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down. "

I think we do know. History holds lessons on free movement during Pandemics. Those that survived the black death and plague were often those that were isolated in small villages.

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

Yeah I never took part in any of it.

The gaslighting was off the scale, saw through all of their psychology fear campaign


"Covid feels almost forgotten with the exception that long Covid does exist and the slightest cold wrecks my lungs (experiencing it now).

The world was reporting how scary times were..... maybe a bit of global lockdown wouldn't be a bad thing now!

Does anyone else find colds/flu more severe on the body after Covid?

What utter bull shit the whole scenario was, a complete and utter waste of money"

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

We it all totally unnecessary


"We can get an accurate idea as to what would have happened had we not locked down by looking at countries which didn’t lock down (eg Sweden)

I disagreed strongly with lockdown and still do.

Respiratory infections are always going to be dangerous to the very young, elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Respectfully, that was, and is, no reason for lockdown and it was inappropriate to do so incurring the large expense and opening up all the fraudulent applications for bounce back loans and CBILS. We are now spending a fortune in trying to pursue those who fraudulently obtained the funding. We are still haemorrhaging public money caused by lockdown.

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

The queuing 6 ft apart was a complete waste of time, because once people got inside it didn't matter, hardly anyone cared


"We can get an accurate idea as to what would have happened had we not locked down by looking at countries which didn’t lock down (eg Sweden)

I disagreed strongly with lockdown and still do.

Respiratory infections are always going to be dangerous to the very young, elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Respectfully, that was, and is, no reason for lockdown and it was inappropriate to do so incurring the large expense and opening up all the fraudulent applications for bounce back loans and CBILS. We are now spending a fortune in trying to pursue those who fraudulently obtained the funding. We are still haemorrhaging public money caused by lockdown.

You need to study how Sweden actually controlled COVID spread by self discipline and social distancing, something Brits couldn't be trusted to do.

Saying they didn't lock down is only a small part of the story often used to pursue a false agenda "

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

Same here i never had any jabs either, never been ill apart from a cold that I fought off in a few day's unlike people who got the vacinnes


"Never had it. Never had any jabs either or flu jabs. Don’t know why people still get either of them. They obviously make you worse of "

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

Sorry to hear that, it's amazing how many can't make the connection


"My husband was absolutely fine, until he’d been vaccinated. Now he’s gone from running marathons to barely being able to do a 10k and being out of breath doing simple stuff. Glad he did that to ‘keep everyone safe’ "

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

The government did release a study at the beginning that basically said they didn't work


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I guess you don't know anything about virology or epidemiology then ?

When did you last get a "covid" booster jab? You do remember they were supposed to be done about every 6 months?

Tell me, do you still go around with a ridiculous face mask on?

Can you explain why people stopped dying of flu and pneumonia and then started again?

I still wear a ‘ridiculous face mask’ for many reasons.

Firstly, I am a frontline healthcare professional that works with vulnerable people, as well as having eosinophillic asthma myself (means I drop like a rock when I get a cold/chest infection/Covid) and when I have a cold/chest infection/flu I am still well enough to work, but my infection could prove fatal to someone more vulnerable than myself. I honestly have no idea why we haven’t been wearing them frontline for years.

Secondly, I wear them now because my mum has just started chemotherapy and is therefore immunosuppressed. A minor bout of D&V/cold etc could be catastrophic for her.

I had a nasty chest infection start a few days after she was admitted to hospital 2 weeks go. I wore a mask when I visited to protect both her, the staff on the ward and the other patients who are elderly and equally as vulnerable.

So please don’t judge people on their decisions to wear a ‘ridiculous face mask’ - most educated people with common sense would do the same"

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

That's a very good question, although to be fair the ingredients we're all posted on the government website, I read them and choose not to have them


"Honestly I regret getting the jab. What did it even do? I know people who haven't had the jab and they're no better or worse after getting COVID than I was. What did I even get jabbed with"

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By *andykevin56Man
8 weeks ago

Grays

Have you checked how many people unfortunately die of the flu every year?


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down.

We know what happened in Sweden. We also know what happened in states across America where they locked down more harshly than those that didn’t. You can’t dispute the numbers, they didn’t work and they cause much more harm than good. That is a fact.

It's possible that deaths would have been considerably lower, by about a third, if Sweden hadn't been the outlier and had had a lockdown approach. Many people would say it's not okay to have their life sacrificed, given the choice.

Any stats to back this up? Take a look at how many people died in Sweden, you’ll see they had very similar death rates to other similar countries that did lock down, without the negative economic impac. Also, compare Florida to California. Very little difference in number of deaths. The long term effects of locking down are still being felt, closing the schools was criminal. There is simply no justification for it, they didn’t work. Simples

While Sweden had a lower death rate than many Southern European countries, it experienced significantly higher mortality rates than its immediate Nordic neighbours (Norway, Denmark, and Finland) during the first two years of the pandemic.

Deaths per million

Sweden 2,793

Finland 2,058

Denmark 1,500 - 1,800*

Norway 1,000 - 1,200*

*Estimated based on trend data as official per-million updates vary by reporting source.

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By *orking Class GentMan
8 weeks ago

Warrington

It was said at the time that lock downs were never part of contingency planning and also that other episodes, like the 60s flu, didn't come with lock downs. Strange times.. It seems so long ago now.

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By *rman82Man
8 weeks ago

Manchester


"Looking back it seems to me how unnecessary and disruptive the lockdowns were, loads of fear mongering happened. Not that intervention wasn’t needed but it was as if we were all expecting the end of the world because of the way it was reported and the reality is that wasn’t the case

I think the thing is that we can't know what would have happened if we hadn't locked down.

We know what happened in Sweden. We also know what happened in states across America where they locked down more harshly than those that didn’t. You can’t dispute the numbers, they didn’t work and they cause much more harm than good. That is a fact.

It's possible that deaths would have been considerably lower, by about a third, if Sweden hadn't been the outlier and had had a lockdown approach. Many people would say it's not okay to have their life sacrificed, given the choice.

Any stats to back this up? Take a look at how many people died in Sweden, you’ll see they had very similar death rates to other similar countries that did lock down, without the negative economic impac. Also, compare Florida to California. Very little difference in number of deaths. The long term effects of locking down are still being felt, closing the schools was criminal. There is simply no justification for it, they didn’t work. Simples

While Sweden had a lower death rate than many Southern European countries, it experienced significantly higher mortality rates than its immediate Nordic neighbours (Norway, Denmark, and Finland) during the first two years of the pandemic.

Deaths per million

Sweden 2,793

Finland 2,058

Denmark 1,500 - 1,800*

Norway 1,000 - 1,200*

*Estimated based on trend data as official per-million updates vary by reporting source.

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You need to interrogate AI some more, it’s sneaky like that…they built up immunity by not imposing harsh lockdowns… and didn’t have any of the other terrible consequences that go along with locking down…

1. Mortality: A Tale of Two Phases

The Early Phase (2020): Sweden was a clear outlier. In 2020, Sweden experienced approximately 75 excess deaths per 100,000, while Denmark, Norway, and Finland had zero or even negative excess mortality.

The Later Phase (2021–2022): The situation reversed. During the Delta and Omicron waves, Denmark, Norway, and Finland saw significant spikes in mortality while Sweden’s rates remained stable or declined.

Cumulative Total (2020–2022): When aggregating the full three years, the differences narrowed substantially:

Finland: ~190 excess deaths per 100,000 (highest in the region).

Norway: ~121 excess deaths per 100,000.

Sweden: ~117 excess deaths per 100,000.

Denmark: ~86 excess deaths per 100,000

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