It's been a real eye opener in many ways and for me it is a reminder that ultimately you have to take control of your own life and can only do the best you can to protect yourself. It's apparent that lockdowns aren't a foolproof way to stop disease, so you can't actually rely on authoritarian measures to save you. Imagine if this had been a disease with a 50% death rate.

I do wonder, though, if we'd have as many nonbelievers if these measures hadn't been so draconian. While I realise it's been much worse in some countries than others (whether that's down to the virus genome, pollution levels, the general health of the populous or all of the above, I don't honestly know), it hasn't ended up being as deadly as first predicted and many are seeing this as overkill.

!tipu curate