Lex, a serious question, why not bring up the reason for lockdowns and the idea behind them. The idea has been pretty clear to me that we need to make sure we don’t overrun our hospitals. If we do that and our hospital systems collapse, what is the devastating harm that comes from that. What happens in the long term. Stop placating to your guests and constantly having a discussion where you are remaining agreeable. I hear where both of you are coming from, but there is a reason for what is being done and that needs to be brought up in discussions like these. You are just feeding the confirmation bias algorithm of social media. <br><br>All these YouTube channels try and promote having a discussion, what’s the point of having a discussion between 2 people that are agreeable. Have two people who you know have opposing view points and you be the mediator, that would make these discussions much more meaningful…,(reply>), @A Simpleton what agenda man? The only agenda here is to prevent deaths due to this virus. Anything beyond that is conspiratorial. If the entire world wanted to lock us in our rooms, what are they getting at? The entire world can’t even agree on a power outlet and which side of the road to drive on. The reasoning is clearly related to our hospitals that’s why different countries have different responses. Here in Canada we don’t have enough health care workers, it’s one of the drawbacks of free health care. That being said, I’m very happy most of our population is not in debt for generations because of school and medical bills. <br><br>Lockdowns suck, but there is a reason for them. Australia for the most part is doing amazing. Their economy is still thriving and their dollar is still extremely strong. Yes they experienced lockdowns, however they didn’t last very long. People were out and about partying during most of the pandemic.,(reply>), That was a false narrative created to justify the response they wanted. It was well documented by the establishment institutions that lockdowns would not work and would be too harmful to use, even as late as 2019. They didn't suddenly forget all this stuff. They ignored it, on purpose, for the agenda. And that is why Australia has been "preventing hospitals being overwhelmed" for 2 straight years,(reply>), The possibility of hospital overrun and the huge burden on medics was was not considered in this podcast. Hindsight is 2020 vision but it must be incredibly difficult for policy makers in a fast moving pandemic where lives are at stake...