O/T:- Are we over-reacting to COVD19?

[ncfcog]

Driller. IMO there’s no point in pretending this situation isn’t a massively political one. The government are literally taking life and death decisions, and if that decision making process isn’t crystal clear they should be held to account as with any other crisis. If Corbyn had won the election I very much doubt he would be given an easy ride and rightfully so.

That obviously doesn’t mean we should tribalise it, where my side is right and your side is wrong. That’s the hard bit.

I think anyone trying to score political points over this wants their head testing. I agree that the Gov, whoever is in power must be held responsible for their actions, or indeed lack of them. It seems weird to absolutely everyone that the UK are taking such a different stance to almost everyone else, however it seems the PM has taken the advice of the 'experts' and acted accordingly.

Getting the balance right between losing lives to the virus and lives being ruined by economic catastrophe is not a challenge I would particularly want to be faced with and held responsible for.

I'm not particularly religious but I do now find myself having the occassional prayer like thought that we all make it through this as unscathed as possible.

[BigFatPie]

I think anyone trying to score political points over this wants their head testing. I agree that the Gov, whoever is in power must be held responsible for their actions, or indeed lack of them. It seems weird to absolutely everyone that the UK are taking such a different stance to almost everyone else, however it seems the PM has taken the advice of the 'experts' and acted accordingly.

Getting the balance right between losing lives to the virus and lives being ruined by economic catastrophe is not a challenge I would particularly want to be faced with and held responsible for.

I'm not particularly religious but I do now find myself having the occassional prayer like thought that we all make it through this as unscathed as possible.

Agree with all of that and what Driller said, but the government are still digging their heels in with issues like the exiting the European Early Warning and Response System and extending the Brexit transition period.

There’s no point in ‘following the science’ in one area and then being patently ideological in another.

[ncfcog]

Agree with all of that and what Driller said, but the government are still digging their heels in with issues like the exiting the European Early Warning and Response System and extending the Brexit transition period.

There’s no point in ‘following the science’ in one area and then being patently ideological in another.

Again, it's that fine line isn't it.

Anyway, I agree with Driller, let's not let this thread descend into another brexit thread. I think Driller is actually doing us all a service by providing us with as much info as possible from first hand experience of being in a country in lock down. It's pretty obvious stuff but I appreciate the input.