Lockdown is a Disaster That Causes More Pain Than it Stops

Andrew Bolt says lockdown is “a disaster that causes more pain than it stops”, and it should now “be crystal clear that fighting this virus with lockdowns is a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake”.

Mr Bolt said in Victoria, 500 doctors have sent another open letter to Premier Daniel Andrews warning that the Melbourne lockdown, which has been going for six weeks, is causing severe harm.

Anaesthetist Dr Eamonn Matthieson said “I think there’s been a massive collateral damage in the health and mental health spaces in particular due to the lockdowns.

“There are growing number, a very large numbers of doctors who are gravely concerned about the impact of these lockdowns and we are calling for them to cease, we believe they are disproportionate and unscientific,” Dr Matthias said.

“So why a lockdown that experts say is a disaster?” Mr Bolt said.

“Well, it seems the Victorian Government is too hopeless, and knows it, too hopeless to trust itself to do just the basics –tracking down the sick, quarantining them properly, and protecting the old.

“So it's panicked and put Melbourne into the longest lockdown in the world.

“In NSW today, six new infections, and Sydney is open. People shopping, sitting in cafes, life going on.

“In Victoria today, also six new infections. But there, Melbourne is shut down. Restaurants shut, almost no shoppers in the street.

“This idiocy has to end. People are really hurting”