Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
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Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
#2What's the betting the UK Government puts off action until comfortably after the ideal time to enforce restrictions once more?
Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
#3What's the betting the UK Government puts off action until comfortably after the ideal time to enforce restrictions once more?
They're damned if they do, damned if they don't.
I still can't believe how un-Tory our Tory government has been, and yet still they're The Worst of The Worst in the minds of those with strong opinions. I don't much like our political classes, but I really wouldn't want to be in their shoes this year.
Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
#4So, perhaps "forcing" people to go back to work en masse (whilst simultaneously reopening schools) was not such a great idea . . . ?
Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
#5What's the betting the UK Government puts off action until comfortably after the ideal time to enforce restrictions once more?
I believe enforcing restrictions now would be near impossible without military involvement and this is highly unlikely. The original restrictions were, from what I witnessed, barely enforced after the first week anyhow.
Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
#6What's the betting the UK Government puts off action until comfortably after the ideal time to enforce restrictions once more?
They're damned if they do, damned if they don't. I still can't believe how un-Tory our Tory government has been, and yet still they're The Worst of The Worst in the minds of those with strong opinions. I don't much like our political classes, but I really wouldn't want to be in their shoes this year.
This is bait.
"the most untory" is probably because they're trying to spend their way out of this; but that is actually completely in-line with criticisms levied at the tories: Spend nothing on prevention, and overspend when shit hits the fan.
Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
#7What's the betting the UK Government puts off action until comfortably after the ideal time to enforce restrictions once more?
They're damned if they do, damned if they don't. I still can't believe how un-Tory our Tory government has been, and yet still they're The Worst of The Worst in the minds of those with strong opinions. I don't much like our political classes, but I really wouldn't want to be in their shoes this year.
Yeah, but if you compare them to Italy (hardly a stereotypical example of good administration), it's a pretty stark contrast. Italians made their mistakes too (last month in Sardinia, for example), their government is not even monolithic in terms of parties, but after early March they've contained it much better than we did. We had almost a month of head-start, we didn't use it, and now we're not even like them - we are worse.
Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
#8What's the betting the UK Government puts off action until comfortably after the ideal time to enforce restrictions once more?
They're damned if they do, damned if they don't. I still can't believe how un-Tory our Tory government has been, and yet still they're The Worst of The Worst in the minds of those with strong opinions. I don't much like our political classes, but I really wouldn't want to be in their shoes this year.
As an actual Tory (not popular around here I'll admit) I'm amazed at how Boris' attempt to make everyone happy has resulted in across the board hate. It's the same mistake that Theresa May made, so surely you'd think he'd understand that.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're damned if they do, damned if they don't. I still can't believe how un-Tory our Tory government has been, and yet still they're The Worst of The Worst in the minds of those with strong opinions. I don't much like our political classes, but I really wouldn't want to be in their shoes this year.
This is bait. "the most untory" is probably because they're trying to spend their way out of this; but that is actually completely in-line with criticisms levied at the tories: Spend nothing on prevention, and overspend when shit hits the fan.
Could this have been prevented? China was only able to act fast because of the authoritarianism (bolting people indoors) and the global supply chain is sat in their backyard, not necessarily because they're making the right investment upfront.
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#10What's the betting the UK Government puts off action until comfortably after the ideal time to enforce restrictions once more?
Is the healthcare system in UK anywhere close to capacity? Is there a site with details about people admitted to hospital, in intensive care and on respirators (due to covid) that shows this?