The media has a lot of power. When mainstream media choose to focus on an issue it gets a lot of attention and very often leads to changes and revisions being made to policies.
The media has a moral responsibility to highlight the issues. It's only going on because few of those in a position to challenge are challenging.
The media focus, on the day our shamefully high death figures topped Europe, was on somebody who has warned against premature end to lockdown being ever so coincidentally caught with their pants down.
Scientist Angela Merkel has the same message as Ferguson. So far she hasn't been found in bed with someone other than her husband. Perhaps those who think Ferguson's still valid advice is wrong just because he ignored his own advice might like to believe her instead.
Germany saved many lives, and it will have a quicker and easier economic recovery because of their excellent handling of the pandemic.
Media attention should be on the failure to treat patients in time, the refusal to give drugs to save lives unlike other countries, oxygen often given too late because patients are admitted too late, and the ongoing lack of PPE - with the devastating consequence of many HCP dying.
The government wants to start ending lockdown on Monday. But still continues to do very little to protect lives or the economy. We could've safely eased lockdown on Monday had our government sorted out the mess at the start of lockdown.