You missed the point.
They're continuing to put Jenny Harries front and centre with her assertive recommendations;
... When her credibility has been repeatedly undermined by government policy on key issues. You're then inevitably going to get;
I mean, I try and be pretty open minded. I've been very sympathetic to the challenge the government have had at every turn - damned if they do, damned if they don't - the "whatabout" and nitpicking has been ridiculous at times, pandemics aren't consistent and convenient but just two examples with Jenny Harries;
1. 2m35s - large crowds aren't as bad as small crowds. A few months later, pubs etc are all back then before arenas/football stadiums.
2. Face masks are terrible/make it worse;
Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer, said the masks could “actually trap the virus” and cause the person wearing it to breathe it in.
“For the average member of the public walking down a street, it is not a good idea” to wear a face mask in the hope of preventing infection, she added.
Dr Harries told BBC News: “What tends to happen is people will have one mask. They won’t wear it all the time, they will take it off when they get home, they will put it down on a surface they haven’t cleaned.
“Or they will be out and they haven’t washed their hands, they will have a cup of coffee somewhere, they half hook it off, they wipe something over it.
“In fact, you can actually trap the virus in the mask and start breathing it in.
Asked if people are putting themselves more at risk by wearing masks, Dr Harries added: “Because of these behavioural issues, people can adversely put themselves at more risk than less.”
Then a few months later, masks are now great. There's nothing unique about coronavirus and a mask when it comes to the point she is making about contamination.
Whatever she tells me now I just shrug and treat it similarly to a football ITK on transfers.
Sure, all for learning as you go and there's not much worse in modern society than people who scream u turn etc as though changing opinion is toxic but for me, Western/WHO 'understanding' of pandemics for both large crowds and masks seems well off for me. They spend billions each year to prepare and model coronaviruses- it isn't revolutionary - and they either didn't have a clue, or had a narrative to maintain.
Logic to me also suggests they were right with masks initially on them being counter productive to the general population, but I feel they were always going to recommend masks post lockdown as a visual stimuli.
On dealing with a pandemic and basics of large crowds/masks = China 1-0 West/WHO 0.
I'd normally go on a couple of trips per month for work. Obviously been on none this year.