Totally - the govt has a media dept - if they haven't got the wit to get a message across without resorting to sending 13million letters (of which 'n' will actually be opened, BUT 13 million will be touched by multiple people) then I give up.
I think what is also now emerging is a bit worrying - that back in 2016, the govt modelled a pandemic via an operation called Cygnus, and that highlighted some of the shortfalls that we're seeing now. When all this clears, there will be the obvious inquest and I'm not sure the govt will come out of it too well.
I find it very strange that , and I think this applies to everybody on here, School was compulsory for us, we all had a chance to learn, we all had a chance to become politicians, scientists , MP’s but hardly any of us did, but there are so many people out there, and on here that know better than all of those professionals, why is that, why aren’t they the ones running the country and not the ones that currently are?
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Given billions and billions and billions is being spent on supporting workers through this crisis, £5 million for the letter is small change. I cannot believe that the civil service advisors are not aware of the risks of transferring the virus by means of the letter and have weighed up the risks and will practise the necessary caution.
By whatever means are available, and a letter to all is another in the armoury, the government is trying to tell us what we must do and what we must expect. No one can now say they did not know or that the government was not informing us of what to expect.
Being an armchair critic is very easy. Responsible to no one we can all sound off at the dog about the government being full of idiots who should be doing this or that. I have more faith. I think they are doing what they can do and are acting on the advice of pre-eminent scientists who know a zillion times more than we do.
Scrutiny and criticism is essential in a liberal democracy. I just prefer it to come from virologists and epidemiologists rather than those on the Clapham omnibus.
Posts
By whatever means are available, and a letter to all is another in the armoury, the government is trying to tell us what we must do and what we must expect. No one can now say they did not know or that the government was not informing us of what to expect.
Being an armchair critic is very easy. Responsible to no one we can all sound off at the dog about the government being full of idiots who should be doing this or that. I have more faith. I think they are doing what they can do and are acting on the advice of pre-eminent scientists who know a zillion times more than we do.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-andrew-sabisky-eugenics-contraception-dominic-cummings-downing-street-a9339296.html