O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[ramAnag]

"Interesting...can’t quite understand the logic of having to mask up when moving around rather than sitting in class."

But that was exactly what happened in restaurants and pubs as they reopened - if you were sat at your table, no masks but if you went to the bog or otherwise moved around the premises, then masks on.....

The thread title is very broad, its just that you narrow it down by addressing the angles that support your perspective of governmental failure. Those figures I referenced/linked to specifically relate to our government handling of covid, and compare that to the outcomes of other governments' performance. We have tested massively more than our peer group - is that no indicative of a UK government success story in its own? We have identified many more COVID cases, and dealt with / are dealing with them. Is that not a positive too? or would you reallt prefer the "dont test/cant treat" approach that gives better statistics?

For sure it seems that there is a greater incidence and spread of COVID within our population, and some or all of that could be down to masks - but scientific opinions vary. On balance I'm with you on the maintenance of masks and social distancing in public areas indoors, if not more. But I doubt compiiance (or fear anarchy in your terms!) if this happens.

There is little doubt that UK Government was slow to react in the early stages in March 2020 and that measures subsequently imposed could have been brought in 2 weeks or so earlier - but remember at that time noone really knew what the hell was going on. Notwithstanding this excuse, our performance in the early stages was poor.

I think you’re maybe looking for an argument where there isn’t one.

It’s really hard to compare classrooms and restaurants. I certainly would be reluctant to visit a restaurant, or pub, which had around thirty people crammed into the same space as the average classroom and it would seem a little counter productive to enforce mask wearing in a restaurant or pub when people are there to eat and drink.

The thread title is ‘The Government’s Handling of Covid’, and that is what I’ve commented on.
Some of it, eg the original vaccine roll out, has been good. Some of it, eg the current reluctance to enforce mask wearing, has been bad. That is my opinion.
You recently described the PM as an ‘ass’. I agree with that too.
There are certain aspects of the Government’s handling of Covid, eg Furlough, which I would expert you to be more expert on, and there are others, eg Gavin Williamson’s behaviour last January, where I probably understand more.
Either way we should both share a common aim of overcoming Covid...and at the moment, imo, I’m not sure we’re going about that the right way.

My only reference to ‘anarchy’ was in the context of the Government appearing to be afraid/reluctant to impose rules about mask wearing because they were afraid people wouldn’t comply. Ultimately, which I think is the word I used, if we stop enforcing rules because we fear that people won’t comply, it does lead to ‘anarchy’ doesn’t it?