OK - 'I withdraw any sensible person' but I still think you're simplifying it. It was only luck that they didn't have to stop, didn't have an accident, didn't blah..... If he and his wife had both incapacitated in the 'isolated' building, how would anyone have got to the child without exposing themselves to the virus? The point being Ben, was that the place where he was was safe anyway . His nieces still had families and contacts and (presumably) are not medically trained in virus protection. So he exchanged a relatively safe environment (his house appears big enough to have kept his wife apart from him and his son to a large degree), for a place where, in his own words (paraphrased), he was going to rely on his family as the emergency services. His whole plan put others at risk, including - and through - his family. If your neighbour did what the recommendation was, and just locked down in their own place - then brilliant - and hopefully that is why the contamination didn't spread. But that isn't what Cummings was talking about doing - unless I totally misunderstood his comments about the risk to people in London compared to his young nieces in Durham.
Personally, I seriously object (in advance - so irrespective of political, ethnic, Brexit, blah bias) to any idiot who thinks it's right to drive a suspected carrier of the virus from one area to another - whether that's 50,100, 200, 300 miles - although the further the distance, the more I object. The more risk to others, the more I object.
This isn't about Cummings per se - it's about the actions he took. If Ken Livingstone had done it, it would be just as wrong as an action, but the reaction may be less. If an anonymous brick layer had done it, irrespective of political affiliation, the act would be just as wrong - but the reaction less.
Astonishing how many people cannot see the difference between right-and-wrong, and political attachment.
For the record if anyone saw a recent Newsnight programme it was categorically shown that Cummings acted against Government advice by travelling to Durham and also out to Barnard Castle. I personally feel his weak excuses are patronising if he thinks I’m now convinced he was right...he was wrong. Johnson’s backing of Cummings begs the question who’s in control of the government if he’s so frightened of losing his chief advisor because he doesn’t have the ability to see through his policies, for good or bad, without Cummings.
BTW, the Government can’t excuse bad decisions by invoking hindsight, they could see what was successful in countries that were hit with the virus ahead of Britain...we should have followed their examples.
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