Exactly two weeks ago (Oct 17), I taked with @clivebull on LBC.
I said Tiers weren’t working, there should be a circuit-breaker until mid/end Nov to gather back control. Then you’re in position in Dec for an Xmas plan.
Exactly what Govt now doing... but painfully late. Excerpt:
I said Tiers weren’t working, there should be a circuit-breaker until mid/end Nov to gather back control. Then you’re in position in Dec for an Xmas plan.
Exactly what Govt now doing... but painfully late. Excerpt:
I mean, it’s pretty obvious. This isn’t exactly Nostradamus stuff.
However, that’s the whole point.
Boris Johnson said “a stitch in time saves nine” then provided no stitch as all the scientific advice and rules of sensible management were screaming for simple foresight here.
However, that’s the whole point.
Boris Johnson said “a stitch in time saves nine” then provided no stitch as all the scientific advice and rules of sensible management were screaming for simple foresight here.
So what are the issues now?
Obviously, fix t&t, make it local.
But also we need to clear the backlogs of cancer & other time-critical patients, diagnostic screening etc. These backlogs are a product of covid, not lockdown & we need to get on top of them while there’s a window.
Obviously, fix t&t, make it local.
But also we need to clear the backlogs of cancer & other time-critical patients, diagnostic screening etc. These backlogs are a product of covid, not lockdown & we need to get on top of them while there’s a window.
Also, there needs to be massive support for mental health, gaps in support financially, children’s nutrition and education.
We cannot let Farage peddle the narrative that lockdown causes cancer, suicide etc. We must address them as part of a full societal package.
We cannot let Farage peddle the narrative that lockdown causes cancer, suicide etc. We must address them as part of a full societal package.
One of the things that most angers me about this government’s behaviour is the squandering of the summer lull.
They should have used it to clear the cancer, screening, etc backlogs, put t&t locally, pursue a clear zero-covid plan and prep for autumn school/uni surge.
They should have used it to clear the cancer, screening, etc backlogs, put t&t locally, pursue a clear zero-covid plan and prep for autumn school/uni surge.
Instead they decided to make the testing & tracing centralised, attack Public Health England, design a National Institute of Health Protection (for Dido), launch a failed app and discuss a ridiculous £10bn Operation Moonshot for mass testing when they were failing on the basics.
Then they went into autumn with insufficient testing capacity, failing tracing capacity, confused instructions and Dido Harding claiming that no-one anticipated an autumn surge.
It was epic Dunning-Kruger stuff. Operation Moonshot, indeed. kmt.
It was epic Dunning-Kruger stuff. Operation Moonshot, indeed. kmt.
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