numerology noun: the use of numbers to try to tell somebody what will happen in the future [Oxford learners dictionary online]
Of all of the miserable contortions and distortions wrought by the covid-19 pandemic, there are at least three that are sufficient to cause Dr No to come back from retirement. The first two have to do with the numbers, and the third has to do with the government response to those numbers. This post covers the first of those three concerns, and still to come posts will cover the other two concerns.
If there is one phrase that has shouldered the burden for justifying the government’s reaction to covid-19, it is surely that the government has above all and throughout been guided by …