My previous post, the shared post of Boele Ytsma, has been a conscious choice to share. Whether people agree, well, some do, others don't.

As far as I am concerned, it puts the finger on the sore spot of 'life'.

What was initially suspected by some people is now seen clearly by more and more people: the measures are heavily exaggerated and many times more harmful to society and the economy than the virus itself. The fear of the virus has completely disrupted society, removed constitutional freedoms, plunged the economy into recession, destroyed thousands of businesses, alienated people and drove many tens of thousands of elderly people into solitude. Slowly, our society wakes up and wonders what kind of nightmare she was sucked into — and why?

I follow a lot of reports about the corona virus, not only through the main stream media, but mainly via twitter and through my wife's employer. The intelligent lockdown as we know it, I was initially in favour of. Health care conditions like in Wuhan and in Italy I preferred to see 'passing my nose'. Nevertheless, I have been skeptical from the beginning and especially of the RIVM as well as experts.

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