COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

"There are none so blind as those who will not see"

I've no idea who said it but I remember being told it at school. I think it means something like understanding cannot be forced on someone who chooses to be ignorant. 

Yes they may just be observing, but this country hasn’t seen anything like this in modern times ,and is a very fluid situation , the government is trying to balance the risk of death with the collapse of the economy. The practical thing to do is lock the whole country down for as long as it takes ,but that is not really possible. I don’t have the answers, but maybe the government on  all sides should work together to work out the best for everyone 

perhaps I should stop thinking out loud

It’s good to think out aloud sometimes Husky. And I fully agree that Parliament as a whole should have been involved, much earlier than now.

I certainly don’t envy those making the decisions, but I do question the, at times, lack of foresight, lack of being wholly committed to a course of action. No one can control how this terrible virus is mutating, but hedging and fudging around what to do, when to do it, and who, how and where is not helping, merely bouncing the case loads around and around. Control resources are simply not in place, or are applied after, rather than before an announcement is made. Playing catch up is so much more difficult.

The key word there is ‘fluid’. In such situations I’m happier with those who take a dynamic approach to a problem, as opposed to the entrenched and dogmatic who, once locked into a solution, consider it a weakness not to stick with it come hell or high water or choose simply to follow others. The former might not appear elegant in approach, but for me, pragmatism and courage to change course if necessary always works better overall. 

If we are doing quotes; "cometh the hour cometh the man".

With the invasion of Europe underway and confidence n Chamberlain having failed the country needed a populist leader with some tactical ability. 

With the benefit of hindsight, although, IMHO the decision was wrong then, we have been playing catch-up ever since the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Money makes the decisions.