So when these lockdowns went into effect, it was supposed to be "2 weeks to flatten the curve". That is, give hospitals and other care facilities the time to ramp up to handle what was projected to happen. At that point the lock downs were supposed to end.
Didn't happen.
Why? Because in part, the "zero COVID" people got the reigns of power and they got an assist from power hungry politicians who were in part afraid of losing elections. Nobody wanted to be blamed for 'deaths" and be accused of "not doing anything".
So lockdowns went into effect. Mask rules that defied all research up to 2020 were implemented. Hand sanitizer sales were like printing money. Now generally I rejected both the masks and the hand sanitizer. I won't go into the masks again, you can search the blog for the many pieces on them. On the hand sanitizer point, I looked at it the way I do anti-bacterial soap: Not a good idea.
See the body has bacteria that lives both on and in us. Most of them, so long as they are kept in check do good things for us. You don't want to go killing them off. Also you've heard of "super bugs" right? Those bacteria that have become immune to every known-antibacterial agent short of bleach, You know how that happened? The over use of "sanitizers" and antibiotics. Sometimes its simple best to let the body handle the bacteria.
Well that piece of knowledge, along with a whole lot of other knowledge got tossed out the window and now is coming back to bite the people in the arse.
Immunity debt due to what? Lockdowns?
How could anyone have not seen this coming? Weren't there "experts" warning of the real dangers of lockdowns, particularly on children? I recall reading about them. How were they treated?
New Zealand hospitals are experiencing the payoff of “immunity debt” created by Covid-19 lockdowns, with wards flooded by babies with a potentially-deadly respiratory virus, doctors have warned.
Wellington has 46 children currently hospitalised for respiratory illnesses including respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. A number are infants, and many are on oxygen. Other hospitals are also experiencing a rise in cases that are straining their resources – with some delaying surgeries or converting playrooms into clinical space.
RSV is a common respiratory illness. In adults, it generally only produces very mild symptoms – but it can make young children extremely ill, or even be fatal. The size and seriousness of New Zealand’s outbreak is likely being fed by what some paediatric doctors have called an “immunity debt” – where people don’t develop immunity to other viruses suppressed by Covid lockdowns, causing cases to explode down the line.
I remember how New Zealand was held up as THE PINNACLE of "COVID responsible policies. While mean, uncaring Sweden was killing grandma's left right and center (in cahoots with Trump no doubt).
See, we anti-masker and anti-lockdown people knew that a part of how our immune system works is by getting exposed to things in the environment and figuring out who is "friend or foe" and dealing with them accordingly. As a side effect of dealing with these environmental hazzards you get immunity to things you haven't encountered yet but are similar in nature to something you already encountered.
Duh.
This was common knowledge prior to March 2020. There was a YouTube video of two doctors who said this last year and they were shut down and censored by big tech for contradicting WHO.
But y'all still trust the media right?
The “immunity debt” phenomenon occurs because measures like lockdowns, hand-washing, social distancing and masks are not only effective at controlling Covid-19. They also suppress the spread of other illnesses that transmit in a similar way, including the flu, common cold, and lesser-known respiratory illnesses like RSA. In New Zealand, lockdowns last winter led to a 99.9% reduction in flu cases and a 98% reduction in RSV - and near-eliminated the spike of excess deaths New Zealand usually experiences during winter.
“This positive collateral effect in the short term is welcome, as it prevents additional overload of the healthcare system,” a collective of French doctors wrote in a May 2021 study of immunity debt. But in the long term, it can create problems of its own: if bacterial and viral infections aren’t circulating among children, they don’t develop immunity, which leads to larger outbreaks down the line.
We solved one problem by creating another, which we knew would happen. We have sacrificed the children (the future) for the grandparents (the past).
Good job.
And for those who are upset that I've written that, you need to come to the realization that we all are going to go. Some sooner than others. But you NEVER sacrifice your children. You sacrifice FOR your children.
New Zealand has reported nearly 1,000 RSV cases in the past five weeks, according to the Institute of Environmental Science and Research. The usual average is 1,743 over the full 29-week winter season. Australia is also experiencing a surge, with overcrowded Victoria hospitals also hit by unusually high rates of RSV.Victoria had some of the strictest lock downs.
It's not like we didn't warn you.