You Mean the Science Wasn't Settled?

Testing, testing - Is this thing on? Scientists now question the point of mass COVID-19 testing | National Post

Mass testing was supposed to help stop the pandemic. It was an epic failure. It did make some people extremely rich, which might have been the principle aim all along.

For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose or down their throat to test for COVID-19 has become a routine and familiar annoyance.

But two years into the pandemic, health officials in some countries are questioning the merits of repeated, mass testing when it comes to containing infections, particularly considering the billions it costs.

Japan for example avoided mass testing, and came out relatively good in the end, in terms of death and hospitalization.

Denmark instituted one of the most extreme testing regimes. They are now wondering what they got for their money.

“We’ve tested so much more than other countries that we might have overdone it,” said Jens Lundgren, professor of infectious diseases at Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, and member of the government’s COVID advisory group.

But I thought every decision around COVID-19 was made based on science. Don't wear masks, then wear masks. Testing, testing, and more testing. Lockdowns. Whatever. Are you now admitting that you had no scientific data on which to base your decisions, and you were a standard fear-driven homo-sapiens, just like everyone else? Or were you just tools of the Power-hungry politicians who wanted to flex their muscle and make the population give up basic freedom? I don't see a third choice.