The biggest problem is that the government is more interested in political ideology than science or controlling the virus.
It was obvious what was going to happen in schools and universities, absolutely obvious. The rest of the world and WHO are shaking their heads at us. It doesn't make sense that children have to wear a mask for 5 mins in a shop but not in school. It's not logical.
The things they're doing will not control the virus (have been shown not to by now, in fact). You can't have masks piecemeal, or social distancing piecemeal, especially once there is widespread community transmission, which there is now in many parts of the UK.
I think we're leaderless to be honest. The job ad I posted on the last thread - that is not the sign of a government in control of the pandemic.
They've got everything wrong, they haven't planned, have given vast sums of money to unqualified private for-profit companies ill equipped to deliver results. The communication has been dismal.
Having said all that, I am still perplexed how so many people are willing to argue endlessly that masks in school will 'harm children' or 'harm education' when one thing covid has shown us is that our children have a shit education anyway compared to a lot of Europe, with massive class sizes and underinvestment. How throwing teachers under the bus and making them stressed and demoralised will help the recruitment crisis I don't know, either. All these people who are so against masks seemingly are fine with massive class sizes, stressed and overburdened teachers, and their children having to be in and out of school like yo-yos. It's just so strange.
I am very clear at this point that I do not understand the majority of human beings. Evidence doesn't seem to matter...... so I am grateful for this thread!