Quote Originally Posted by WBA123 View Post
We have a difference of opinion, perhaps we have a difference in standards too. I just don't think people 'doing their best' cuts it, at the top end of any organisation.

I have sympathy with the government, this is a tragic event which before this year was unforeseeable. But questions surely still have to be asked how we could have responded better than we have...

We knew it started in January in China and Italy, Spain had problems in February, why weren't incoming flights from those countries checked more thoroughly? Why did the PM miss 5 Cobra meetings in February about this virus? Why have we got a shortage of PPE?

Are these not fair questions to ask?
I agree 123. There's a big difference between blaming and asking objective questions as I see nothing wrong with the latter. I think there are a lot of questions that need answering as I can't but help feel we're being mislead on certain things as some things just don't add up. We can all cite hindsight as being wonderful etc but it doesn't seem unrealistic to me that a country like the UK should have provision in place for a pandemic to at least cover NHS and carers who have to deal with it but we haven't. I agree that the only one to come out of this with any credit is the Chancellor. Have to give credit to Piers Morgan as he's had some very fractious interviews with ministers on his show and has exposed several of them as really not knowing basic information about their own departments such as Health & Care. I don't think its unreasonable to expect strong leadership from our political leaders when in a crisis and holding them to account if we're not getting it.