I'm another leftie, former Guardian reader etc although I cancelled my subscription last year thanks to other issues. I am appalled by many on the left at the minute. They really do just want to bash the Tories for the sake of it. The PPE situation is an interesting one - it was all over my FB that the Tories had failed as they looked at the fact PPE would be needed in the case of a back of a pandemic back in 2016. They are murderers, apparently, for not having stockpiled. But it has a use before date. If we'd bought masses then, it would have been unusable now. And in the last few months, while we didn't get it quickly, there was a worldwide shortage and most was made in China - unsurprisingly they weren't selling much of it! They needed it. These things aren't straightforward.
And yes to some people really being reluctant to hear good news - I had a classic case of that with a friend who claimed few people were following lockdown at the beginning of it and we were all doomed. When I pointed out that officials were saying otherwise and that public transport use had dropped off massively to prove my point she swerved to 'of course I meant people aren't following lockdown in America.' I still think back to that - my expectation was she would go, 'oh great.' I can't understand that other than she just wants to hold onto one particular opinion. She's super bright and sensible normally.
I am pissed off today. There are a few ways this situation is affecting me which are really tough to handle each day. I have been doing much better but at some point every day I hit a moment of being utterly fed up. If I knew when things were going to change I could cope far better. I would love to go and sit with a friend and get out my own head for a bit but I can't. It's like Groundhog Day isn't it?