Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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Barnfred 55 said:
Fully agree on the communication side. Absolutely stinks.

I also tend to agree on the latter but unless you lockdown people travelling there is no way opening up based on location can be properly controlled.

But as regards the pace of things and what he's actually opening, I don't think he's doing to bad a job.

Bottom line is that every single decision they make, there will be people for it and against it. The media are focusing wholly on those against it so all we see on TV and in the media are people moaning. Schools are a prime example. Leading up to June 1st all you heard about was people saying it's too much too soon. As soon as he says he isn't opening up to the rest of primary students as planned, all you hear about are the children who need to return to school and how the country is failing them.
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Sorry had to be in and out of meetings.

Replying across two posts as well so forgive me if I miss something.

I'm not sure anyone is realistically opposed to easing lockdown. You'd be mad if you were. However, there is most definitely a balance that needs to be struck between reopening where it is safe to do so and reopening because people are frustrated at the length of lockdown and the government need ways to distract from their failings (and there has been plenty).

Everything has been a process of catching up after the initial poor response and as a result things have been rushed or announced when they aren't ready (100,000 tests, 200,000 tests, antibody tests, App) purely for positive headlines. The problem is that each announcement lacks any substance and either hasn't been consulted across the country or is in direct contradiction to the messaging up until that point.

When things are introduced they are done so without any supporting guidance or consideration for local/regional impact. They assume that every area is the same and has the same infrastructure. There is promise of support to deliver initiatives that never arrives or the initiative changes before the support arrives. Much of the guidance runs counter to the government's own standards or measures, the law rarely reflects the new policy change so policy is announced but without statutory or regulatory backing.

Where people do push back or escalate nothing comes back (especially at ministerial level) but nevermind because it's Friday again and they've cooked up another distraction for the public that has no substance and is just confusing for the H&SC system.

There is no transparency to the public because to do that would be to let the public know how much risk there is and the danger of easing certain things at certain times contrary to public health advice; but we all need to catch up because everyone is now suffering greatly because of an appalling lack of response by the government who didn't take it seriously and continue to try to manage their reputation rather than a coordinated response.
 
roydo said:
Any news on the pub mate? My local seems to be a hive of activity these last few days.
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Our refurb continues apace, deliveries of building material still arrive daily and we seem to have built a small hill of waste in the car park. All the out of date beer has been emptied or removed and we are aiming to finish the refurb for the 4th July. We will probably leave it a week afterwards before we open, if the government ever informs everyone of the official date. So until we know it’s just carry on sorting the building...and hoping that Boris introduces the 1 metre rule sharpish....
 
peteblue said:
Our refurb continues apace, deliveries of building material still arrive daily and we seem to have built a small hill of waste in the car park. All the out of date beer has been emptied or removed and we are aiming to finish the refurb for the 4th July. We will probably leave it a week afterwards before we open, if the government ever informs everyone of the official date. So until we know it’s just carry on sorting the building...and hoping that Boris introduces the 1 metre rule sharpish....
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Must have some dough you pete lad - hope you're leaving me your pub in your will or atleast a few kegs of ale lol
 
davek said:
It's not to get a pastie and to queue for a pair of shorts from Primark.
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Haha, you'd make a great Tory mate !

To be fair, I last went into Primark something like 30 years ago, but a man who doesn't appreciate a pasty, is a man with something missing in his life.





Even if that something is cholesterol laden
 
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