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This government seems to think that issuing bans - lockdowns, curfews - is enough to arrest the spread of the virus
No thought has gone into some of the bans (the 10pm curfew seems especially unthought-through)
They may as well be waving a wand saying something in cod latin
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No thought has gone into some of the bans (the 10pm curfew seems especially unthought-through)
They may as well be waving a wand saying something in cod latin
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Law is not magic
Prohibitions do not work by themselves
There has to be some rational connection between what you are seeking to do with a law and an outcome
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Prohibitions do not work by themselves
There has to be some rational connection between what you are seeking to do with a law and an outcome
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Now the laws are multiplying - lockdown upon lockdown, regulation upon regulation - like so many water-carrying brooms in a ghastly Fantasia
And all the government can think to do is summon more brooms
They do not understand that you cannot just legislate away a virus
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And all the government can think to do is summon more brooms
They do not understand that you cannot just legislate away a virus
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Of course, laws have a place within a public health emergency
But they have to be credible and easily understood and realistic, and part of a broader policy approach, including non-legal measures such as resource prioritisation, proper funding, public information and so on
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But they have to be credible and easily understood and realistic, and part of a broader policy approach, including non-legal measures such as resource prioritisation, proper funding, public information and so on
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Law is not magic
Law-makers are not magicians
To keep on making laws against a virus is no more effective than casting spells against it
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Law-makers are not magicians
To keep on making laws against a virus is no more effective than casting spells against it
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