Dettmar said before the trial that he doubted the usefulness of masks: “If you want to wear them voluntarily to school, you can do so, but we don’t have to patronise parents.”
If one picked up this book expecting a genuine defence of COVID restrictions, one would soon be disabused of that notion. It is both hilarious and deadly serious, obliging the reader to remember all the traumas that befell us.
The violent protests we saw last weekend could mark a significant shift in the mood of what had previously been considered a largely compliant citizenry.
Soon, even conservatives will have to ask some unsentimental questions. Where was the royal displeasure when most needed? Where was that counterweight to political power? ‘Locked down,’ is the answer.
We witnessed a prolonged curtailment of freedom of movement, freedom of association, and freedom of speech. But Mark Woolhouse does not address this. In fact, while he clearly comes out as lockdown sceptical, it is not entirely clear why.
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