I’m not suggesting for a second that people deserve to die or anyone get hurt with the current pandemic.
Myself and my family were discussing the approach taken by the government in response to covid - as led by the scientific advice. We are of the opinion that there are disparities in the scientific advice however we believe that the scientists have given the government the most stringent measures to follow in terms of social distancing etc.
If I were a member of the scientific community advising the government I would do the same.
Advise for the worse case scenario and advise the most stringent measures to protect citizens. This is probably because there will be an enquiry into Covid/ government responses at a later date. If there are an increase in deaths then in an enquiry the government are likely to throw blame onto the scientific advisers using them as a scapegoat; and the advisers know this. At the minute the government has been advised in the uk to keep the 2 metres rule but business, economy, mental health, child education are having to be prioritised, and rightly so.
The way things currently stand, the scientists have advised stringent measures and if the government chooses to deviate away from the advice then it’s on them.
We are of the opinion that we have gotten the government response to the pandemic that, we as a society, deserve.
Obviously it is a complex issue but we seem to want an enquiry into everything, almost public humiliation and blame to be put onto someone. It’s because of this that we have gotten a response to the pandemic that involves really strict measures. The scientists were afraid to advise the government to be more lax on certain measures for fear of blame if it all went wrong.
I’ve no doubt a public enquiry into Covid will follow at some stage. We all want someone to blame or lessons to be learned and someone will get hung out to dry.
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Whathastheworldbecome · 22/06/2020 13:07
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