Lockdowns: Caring or Not?

 From Collateral Global: The Pandemic Response and the Myth of the Caring Society

"There is a glaring inconsistency between our self-perception as ‘caring’ and the reality of our actions.  Across the world, politicians, scientists and commentators have portrayed lockdowns as an inevitable response to the spread of Covid-19. Over the last 20 months, we have been constantly reminded that governments have been simply “following the science” when they decide to implement unprecedented control measures. And while the pandemic response has certainly raised questions about the ways we use science to formulate policy, it has also exposed a myth at the heart of Western civilisation—the myth of a caring society."