Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
Don't forget that the people in the areas of high concentration would have caught the virus before or as the lockdown was starting. You would have to expect that the number of people actually catching it today would be far lower.

Imagine the WAG had waited until England had acted to impose a lockdown, Merthyr would be running out of control and it would be an absolute disaster.

At the time Wales announced the lockdown all the Tories on here were saying it wasn't needed, the rates of infection were low and it would harm business.

England announce a much longer lockdown and all of a sudden Wales are leaving theirs too early.

The sheer mental gymnastics required by some on here to be able to always find a way to criticise Welsh Labour is utterly baffling.
Thank you for replying. Your post seems to believe I was making a political point. I wasn't. For what's its worth I believe either England should have followed Wales (to the extent all of the Welsh arrangements made sense which they don't) or Wales should have followed England. There should be a coordinated response by all three nations as I stated. Instead we have a mish mash of policies with Wales coming out of their mini lockdown allowing people from high infected areas travelling into areas where there are lower levels such as the people travelling to Cardiff yesterday presumably to buy their inessential items which bizarrely they couldn't purchase until yesterday.

I understand your point about the possibility of Welsh hospitals being overloaded so agree the need for the Welsh firebreak was obvious especially as the Welsh Nightingale hospital is not ready. In my opinion it would have been better if England would have entered their lockdown at the same time as Wales.

Just to clarify your point about the arrangements in England. When lockdown 2 ends on 2 December we will revert to the three tier system. That is very clear. Sorry but I don't know what is happening in Wales but from my outside perspective there seems to be a free for all where people can move about freely, drink in bars, pubs and restaurants and shop anywhere with no restrictions.

Of course if you agree that these arrangements are acceptable then that is your prerogative. It just so happens I don't but it's not for political reasons. This pandemic should not be about Labour v Conservative; it's far more important than that.