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Originally Posted by AnnieK
As an island, this could have been dealt with better by shutting the borders early when we knew the virus was in Europe. Instead we were told to wash our hands. Hopefully, in future crises we will learn from this pandemic and err on the side of caution first....rather than waiting till its here and killing thousands
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I agree completely with your point there.
I also believe anyone else, no matter the political make-up, would have done that as a starting point.
Just about all others were calling for a full lockdown even before the first was done.
The science were saying it was necessary early March.
It wasn't done until the end of March.
I also believe at the end of the first lockdown, any others responsible for and with the power to set up across the whole UK.
Would have brought us out that first lockdown more slowly than was done.
Without too the eat out for half price following same too.
Plus, the second lockdown would have been done weeks earlier too once evidence of a second wave appeared.
I'll leave the deceit and horrifically dangerous non supply of PPE, because it seems I say, too much on my personal losses and of others unnecessary deaths resulting from that.
Hindsight as I've said before was and is not a valid excuse for the procrastination done all through this.
We had FORESIGHT of what was happening in Italy and heading to use via Europe as well as other areas of the World too.
I didn't want to make a political jibe in this post, however I stress I'd be saying this no matter whoever was in power for the whole of the UK.
I don't believe anyone or any other make-up in government.
Would have done as badly as these in power have near all through now.
No way.
I also agree with the voices on here and off here, who think this should have been a National health issue, not just handled by the government.
Representatives of all Parties, all elected representatives, all bodies of science and health like a war cabinet of sorts to decide the ways forward in dealing with this from the outset.