To think Prof Chris Whitty deserves a knighthood

[Lemonwoe]

For his dedication to the country for the past 18 months.

I also secretly find him a bit attractive: reckon it’s his humble intelligence

@CuriousaboutSamphire

FFS! Just stop it!

You can't follow age old procedures if you can't isolate the infection efficiently enough to formulate a test for it.

You can't test, track or trace if you don't know what you are looking for. That we could so soon is bloody miracle, on top of the one that gave us multiple vaccines so quickly.

That and the logistic of it. Such short memories that can't remember why tests etc coudn't be had... lack of all the constituent ingredients, from cotton swabs to glass vials, let alone the chemicals required.

And yes, 'bed blockers' were sent home. What would you prefer? That someone else whocould have been saved by ICU intervention died because a recovering peron was being kept in because their home might have been a risk? That at a time when asymptomatic infection was globally underestimated.

There have been many mistakes made during covid. But focusing on ones that had no immediate remedy, that were remedied once the immediate issues were fixed, is ludicrous!

And yet they managed to repeat the same mistake in lockdown 3 after Christmas, when they had a ton more knowledge!

So many mistakes in infection control, but I've always found consultants the worst at that anyway - sure Whitty is no exception.

And yet they managed to repeat the same mistake in lockdown 3 after Christmas, when they had a ton more knowledge! Don't mistake me, I am not saying no mistakes were made. Just that some of them were undertstandable given what was known at the time.

but I've always found consultants the worst at that anyway - sure Whitty is no exception. Mmm! No bias there then

@CuriousaboutSamphire

but I've always found consultants the worst at that anyway - sure Whitty is no exception. Mmm! No bias there then

Loads of bias - I've spent large parts of my career enforcing infection control measures onto unruly consultants 🤣 "bare below the elbows" and "apron and gloves please" are practically my catch phrases!

As long as you biases are founded in data, empirical included

I can see what you mean now. And wouldn't disgree with it in general, having had my one run ins when I worked alongside our local PH.

I just want CW to be as he seems, earnest and careful.