O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Geoff Parkstone]

Andy: Havent you recognised the rA paradigm that you can sing anyone's praises unless it happens to be Team UK which you simply are allowed to castigate. Its a dark red vein running to his core. Its sad.

[Trickytreesreds]

Andy: Havent you recognised the rA paradigm that you can sing anyone's praises unless it happens to be Team UK which you simply are allowed to castigate. Its a dark red vein running to his core. Its sad.

A job at the BBC would suit him. They have exactly the same mantra.

[swaledale]

Andy: Havent you recognised the rA paradigm that you can sing anyone's praises unless it happens to be Team UK which you simply are allowed to castigate. Its a dark red vein running to his core. Its sad.

So rA disagrees with nationalistic sentiments and thats translated into being anti UK? How do you work that out?

THE Eu ****ed up procurement, the individual Eu countries together with some of their politicians have ****ed up the vaccination programmes which they and not the EU are responsible for, some of the political mischief making has been scandalous. The implications for their own citizens is dire, but as rA points out quite rightly its not good news for the Uk that European countries are making such a mess of this.

The Uk, whether that be in vaccine design and manufacture, procurement or vaccination has excelled its self. Neither rA or myself have castigated the Uk effort re the vaccine. Its no coincidence that the vaccine and associated programme of vaccinations is not the result of some government plan thought up by politicians and their SPADS and outsourced to the private sector. But has been left the those people and organisations with the relevant expertise and with the government providing the necessary funds. Its an example of what can happen when there is collaboration between the private and public sectors and government sets out the desired outcomes, provides the funds and allows those with the expertise to get on with it.

Whats happened in europe is a prime of example of what was happening in the Uk pre vaccine, political interference rather than political facilitation.

So yes Johnson's government have got something right, by leaving it to those who know what they are doing to get on with it, finally listening to the science!

It's wrong to say the success is purely a UK achievement, Astra Zenica are an Anglo Swedish firm after all and looking across the Atlantic, it seems the USA is also doing pretty well, though Canada for some reason has ****ed up.