Wakefield Trinity • Re: What now for fans watching ? - Covid chat

If people are arguing that Covid-19 is not infectious, then can someone explain, in the simplest terms, why just about every country in the world has decided to impose restrictions that have devastated their economies and will do for a long time to come? It would only take a few to step out of line and say, "we're fine, it's not infectious, come and do business here, send your tourists, buy our currency" and they would become much more powerful.

As for the argument about smartphones, most technological advances have a flipside. The internet is one of the world's greatest inventions. It helps us so much in our daily lives, from having all the information you need at your fingertips to booking holidays and to the amount of streaming entertainment available. But it comes at a cost, because all the loons in the world have a voice and access to an audience, so of course some regulation is required. It has always been the same with all technological advances. The car was invented, so we had to invent speed limits to cut death rates.

Smartphones entertain and inform people. Companies want to monetise that entertainment. Someone invents electricity so someone works out how to make electronic billboards. Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes, it is just the checks and balances that make the world keep turning.

But if someone sees everything as some huge masterplan, they will interpret everything in that context.

What I see is people dying and becoming ill from a respiratory illness. Also, I see some people who have been in contact with those ill people also become ill. That is the very definition of infectious. It doesn't seem difficult to grasp.