- Joined
- Jan 8, 2019
- Location
- Essex
I think the mistakes they made were made upfront by being complacent when the first reports reached us from China. Not only that but our strategical stockpile of PPE, mostly the less efficient surgical masks, weren't refreshed after they threw away a bunch of masks that went "out of date" after the 2009 flu pandemic.
But this has been the issue in most countries. I admire the fact they've been upfront about the deaths in care homes unlike most of the rest of the world, even tho this has lead to us being the laughing stock being front and center in some Trump pressers and like she wrote in the oped getting bad press around the world after a rather biased/badly weighted report.
From tomorrow masks are finally obligated in stores and movie theatres amongst some other places.
It could've been handled better. It could be worse if you see some other countries still struggling or shutting down again because they've gotten complacent and opened up too fast. Not to say this can't happen again here, especially because of the vacation period now.
I do wonder how many of these reports are skewed fodder for the politicians. Cant have an argument without some kind of 'fake news' or statistical lie to back it a bit.
Why i love the internet and a forum. Though its just your opinion its a much better source coming from a fellow peasant if you dont mind me saying