Quote Originally Posted by lisvaneblue View Post
There have been some basic mistakes :

Firstly an ill prepared health service. Lack of PPE, lack of specialist equipment, lack of capacity. An organisation now ruled by bureaucracy and slow to react. There is no doubt the service needs more money and an organisational overall.

Secondly...Reluctance to act fast on lockdowns, then easing them too quickly, coupled with lax compliance by sectors of the public, modest punishment for rule breakers, plus a soft touch police force. A four nations approach caused confusion.

Third....muddled thinking...politics v science...created some big mistakes...care home residents returning after hospitalisation without tests, an inadequate track and trace system, delay in insistence on mask wearing, airports open etc

The one big plus for me is the speed in which we procured vaccines, and in quantity
His “basic mistakes” were the fundamental reasons we found ourselves in the position we are.

The “big plus... the speed in which we procured vaccines...”

Bit like getting a shot of penicillin after you caught the fuucking clap.

For a lad who has avast experience of the medical industry, you have a skewed strategy in these things. I thought prevention was better than cure?