Quote Originally Posted by Organ Morgan. View Post
I don't know much about the WHO other than it's a part of the United Nations. Its boss' reported remarks struck me as conditioning for what's ahead. I'd place Whitty's, a UK .gov medical adviser, comments in the same category as no ministers to my knowledge have questioned his suggestion that measures will not be lifted "for at least the rest of the year."

Being a keen reader of my posts here you will know already that I'm an advocate for much stronger rules and regulations and that I'd welcome the sight of army personnel carriers trundling down residential streets to quell social unrest wherever it may arise should the government feel it necessary to deploy them.

Reassuring that you're bearing up there. That's the ticket.

The stupendously bad, and much worse than anticipated, UK Manufacturing and Services PMI data released earlier indicate Blighty's economic woes are dire today and set to become a great deal worse by this year's end.

Our resolve to save British lives whatever the economic fallout may entail could be severely tested by then. But I have confidence that you will remain an ardent supporter of the path that has been chosen.
I know your desire to see yourself as special and different from the herd takes you into some interesting places to try and achieve this.

In this instance it's like nobody but you, not the governments of the world be they autocratic or democratic, capitalist or communist, 1st world or 3rd, can see the economic consequences of the measures being put in place.

It may come as a shock to you that almost everyone can see that there will need to be a point where economic and social considerations outweigh a residual health risk. I like a good number of those people would rather one period of pain rather than waves where we open up only to move backwards again.

Most people would see that carrying on in the way we were and a manner that you have championed because its just like flu after all would have been catastrophic for both the nations's health and its wealth compared to the alternative course of action belatedly chosen. Most people realise now that not locking down sooner increased the health problem and extended the period of economic uncertainty. But I keep on forgetting.....you're not most people are you!