Phong tỏa là rất nguy hiểm

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Matt Ridley gives six reasons why he believes the new Covid-19 lockdown of the U.K. to be “a deadly mistake.” A slice:

Covid is not a very dangerous disease (bệnh nguy hiểm) for most people. The death rate (tỷ lệ tử vong) is probably around 0.2 per cent of those infected, and most who die are elderly and suffering from other medical conditions. The mortality (tử vong) of those in hospital with Covid (nhập viện vì covid) has almost halved (giảm một nửa) for the over 80s since the start of the epidemic (bệnh dịch) as treatment has improved (biện pháp điều trị được cải thiện).

Lockdowns (phong tỏa) are lethal (nguy hiểm chết người). They cause more deaths from cancer (ung thư), heart disease (bệnh tim mạch) and suicide (tự tử) as well as job losses (mất việc), bankruptcies (phá sản), social disintegration (tan rã xã hội) and mental illness (suy sụp tinh thần) especially among the young, who are at least risk from the virus. In April sunshine, many people and firms could cope for a short period – once. Today, in November rain, the pain will be far worse. I will be all right, living in a rural area and able to work online (làm việc qua mạng), but what of those who started restaurants or live alone in small flats?

There is overwhelming support in the scientific community for national lockdown, say scientists, but the scientific community and the civil service are on secure public-sector salaries and think in top-down ways.

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