Boris’ Government performs ANOTHER embarrassing U Turn
 

Christ can they get anything right :facepalm:

This government is an actual embarrassment, I know people will say ‘it’s good they can change their minds!! #BackBoris’ but Christ, wouldn’t it be nice to be run by a government that leads from the front rather than one that is always on the back foot when it comes to important things.

Again I will post what the gov.uk website says. Yes its embarrassing

While flexibility in the face of new evidence etc can be a good thing ... jeezus-pleezus this government is embarrassing. Almost makes on yearn for the days of Cameron :joker:

I honestly think the solution for teachers in schools is just for it to be allowed, but not required. :shrug:. I've seen teachers wearing them at my daughter's school, and others not wearing them, so I assume that's the case there.

why is it embarrassing? they listened to concerns and acted on it

The WHO do not advise face coverings in schools

It is embarrassing as they have given schools so many u turns already. It should have been in place in the first place if its not safe to not wear a mask.

Constantly going back on their word isn’t quite reassuring in a confident government is it.

It’s beyond a joke at this point lol

i would never criticise the government when they do what best evidence says is the right thing, all this thread shows is political immaturity by the op

Not embarrasing at all ,infact quite courageous as they know the backlash they get from some quarters, ,nothing wrong with taking advice and acting on it, a government that does not UTurn just isnt listening, but any old stick to bash I guess.

In fairness, when all this began, the medical advice was that masks weren't effective but Boris and co were far too slow on the uptake when that original advice was proven wrong. Masks should have been mandatory weeks before they were made so.

Because it was advised last Friday that children over 12 should wear them but Boris has said all week that it’s not necessary

The advice was changed last week and yet the government are only acting upon it now. It’s very embarrassing

they haven't gone back 'on their word' the WHO and their own Health advisers have not advised it

by who? link please.

In all honesty though the science behind mask wearing is still very flimsy. That's inevitable really, it wasn't being properly looked at until less than 6 months ago, and that simply isn't anywhere near long enough for any really robust research to have been carried out. Previous "non-Covid" studies into mask wearing and the effect on the spread of illness has shown that it has little if any significant effect - BUT they have also shown that it doesn't do any harm. We're all sort of operating on "best guess" scenarios with it at the moment... and my take is that, if we know it's unlikely to cause any harm, and the effectiveness of how much good it does is "an unknown", we might as well err on the side of caution and wear them :shrug:.

The data will be available one day and we'll have some pretty robust stats on how effective it was (if at all). For now, there's no reason NOT to.

Christ alive maybe read the ****ing article? :facepalm:

They made masks mandatory on public transport before Scotland (where is the backlash for that?) and as far as I am aware Wales still has a no mask policy, maybe Liam can comment because it might have changed

Stop swearing at me, I am working and didn't see the link,

To be faiirrrr (and defensive of Scotland) this is mainly because of the public transport situation in London which, in the UK, is pretty much unique to the city. "Mandatory masks on public transport in England" was mainly to mandate it on the London Underground.

nothing in Labour run Wales I see

The UK government's change in advice came late on Tuesday - hours after the Scottish government recommended the wearing of face masks in secondary school corridors, and the Welsh government said it was reviewing its advice on face coverings for pupils.

it was mandatory on public transport all over England

We haven’t got a mandate as such, but masks in public is fully recommended, haven’t heard anything about schools yet though, our government like to wait until closer to anything happening before making decisions so it doesn’t have to make U-turns like Boris