Wakefield Trinity • O/T Politics and Pandemics
wrencat1873 wrote:
How very forgiving ?
We have been told for 3 months +, that 2 metres (compared to 1) will halve the risk of becoming infected, which means that reducing to 1 metre doubles the risk.
I fully understand the need to try and return to something approaching "normal". However, we have also been told that the decisions made thus far are not political and that "we are following the science" and the changes now being advocated are little to do with "the science" ad are purely political - The Government cant have it both ways.
Also, regarding the app - yes, the take up has to be pretty high for it to be effective but, it would also have to work.
Despite the "WORLD BEATING" test and trace system supposedly being rolled out from 1st June, it is nowhere near because The Government didn't back the right horse.
The Donkey that they chose simply did not work but, we have had lie upon lie to cover their mistake.
You suggest that the test and trace is no longer imperative but, this is simply because we dont have a system that works. Nothing to do with it not being needed, in fact the contrary is true but, those in chare weren't up to the job, again.
Forgiving ?
No,not really,like the many others i acknowledge that mistakes have been made and IMHO serious misjudgements(notably not getting rid of Cummings) and the current two week quarantine for UK arrivals (totally pointless).
Have lies been told to cover mistakes - probably,but lies and government/politicans go hand in glove no matter which political party it is,i think Tony Blair probably holds the record for the biggest fib in modern history.
Problem is that everyone on the left just wants to jump up and down shouting "lie,lie,lie" everyone on the right wants to defend.Personally i think the government are doing the best they can,but I'm not really sure there is anything to measure it against at the moment (maybe in 12/18 months).
TBH its all getting very boring,just political point scoring,how many times I've read on here that Boris has a track record of telling lies,yet in December by an overwhelming majority the country voted for the Tories.
Statistics: Posted by TURFEDOUT — Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:20 am — Replies 467 — Views 8681

