(11-20-2020, 01:09 PM)JOK Wrote:(11-20-2020, 12:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: The Christmas break makes no sense at all, it's purely PR to get a headline 'Boris saves Christmas'.
From the sounds of it we are not far off being out of this, or being at the start of being out of this, very soon with these vaccines - why we feel the need to take a 3 day break at this point makes no sense at all when that will delay the actual point in time that we get out of it and potentially allows the virus to spread and infect the vulnerable.
And agree with the kids point as well - they had 6 months to think of a solution and came up with pretty much fuck all and spent a fortune on reaching that level of fuck all.
A Christmas break or free for all is silly to put it mildly. Although I don’t think it makes one iota of difference whether the government allow it or not. A goodly proportion will ignore any restrictions anyway. For that reason, I do think it a bit harsh to say it’s a publicity stunt. Because, as you demonstrate, many will think it a ridiculous decision and condemn the government. So where is the ‘good’ publicity?
If you watched the BBC2 programme yesterday ‘Lockdown1- Following the Science’ With all the contradicting recommendations, modelling, gain saying and hindsight amongst the varying scientific communities, I am not surprised misguided actions were taken.
The decisions made by the government throughout this have been haphazard at best. If they had an approach that was consistent and joined up then I could understand it even if I didn't agree with it. An example is Nightingales - built brilliantly but there were no staff to work in them which must have been known, and then when there was an option there they could have separated out nightingales purely for Covid patients allowing other hospitals to run normal services.
Schools, Testing, timing of lockdowns, level of support to business - all been haphazard and reactive throughout, which doesn't fill me with confidence about a vaccine rollout but who knows. They've been shocking throughout, not because of too many conflicting information but because they changed at each point of that information arising.
(11-20-2020, 02:20 PM)Protheroe Wrote:(11-20-2020, 02:18 PM)billybassett Wrote: I would say that the vast majority of the population is abiding by the rules that this bored is a reasonable representation.
God help us if this bored is a reasonable representation of anything.
I did think that before I typed