Rita Panahi: Ludicrous restrictions no longer tolerated by the masses

Lockdowns have never been a cure for Covid but merely a costly delaying tactic — and they are no longer being silently tolerated by the masses.

Finally, the tide is turning.

People are waking up to the reality that the Covid-19 “cure” favoured by state governments inflicts more harm than good.

Restrictions with no basis in science, from curfews to playground bans, are no longer being tolerated silently by the masses.

”No Plan Dan” can’t scold his way out of this crisis. Victoria needs a clear road map out of Lockdown Six.

We need to know when schools will re-open, what freedoms will be restored at 70 per cent vaccinated and when, if ever, the Premier will develop a targeted response.

Polling released on Monday shows that Australians are more concerned about the effect of the Covid-19 response on mental health, jobs and businesses than they are about the virus itself.

The nationwide YouGov poll, commissioned by News Corp Australia, revealed that most respondents in locked-down NSW and Victoria said their family’s emotional wellbeing had suffered in the past three months.

Premier, Daniel Andrews is yet to give Victorians a roadmap out of the state’s sixth lockdown. Picture: Sarah Matray

Only one in five people in Australia, even fewer in NSW and Victoria, believe schools should remain closed once everyone has had the opportunity to be vaccinated.

And only 16 per cent – a frightfully ignorant 16 per cent – want restrictions and lockdowns to continue until Covid-19 is eliminated.

Here’s a newsflash for the 16 per cent: Covid-19 will never be eliminated.

It is a coronavirus and just like the common cold (also a coronavirus), it will be endemic.

The poll also reveals 66 per cent of Victorian parents say homeschooling will have a long-term “negative” effect on their child.

The change in public sentiment follows devastating data from the Victorian Agency for Health Information, Kids Helpline, Victoria’s chief psychiatrist and other medical experts detailing soaring numbers of children suffering serious mental health issues.

Lockdowns are not, and never were, a cure – they were only a costly delaying tactic.

There are now calls, from the usual taxpayer-funded suspects, for lockdowns and restrictions even once we reach ambitious vaccination targets.

The Covid-crazies are welcome to stay home, self-isolate and mask indefinitely, but the rest of us want to get on with living.