People are closing out the year talking about how the small numbers of people under 60 and without existing health conditions who have died from Covid. In an astoundingly bad faith argument this is being used to argue against public health measures.

This fails to engage with the issue of hospital capacity that has been the central issue over the whole year.

It also treats death as inevitable which I’m not sure it’s true, there is a need to engage in the policies that have delivered better outcomes over the year rather than just embracing “inevitable costs”.

The politicised and ideological approach to public health hasn’t worked for either the economy or human life outcomes.

It’s painful to see people still reaching for talking points instead of investing effort into research or engaging with the with of others.