An example of this was a discussion I had with the mother of a 7 year old. Firstly I totally sympathise that schools need to get back as quickly as possible for the education and socialisation of children.However a denial that children can spread the disease is not helpful. To check my facts I went home and researched articles in the Lancet – which I believe have been peer reviewed for authenticity. Children are massively less likely to suffer from the effects of Covid, but at the present time are the second highest age group for positive tests after 18-24 year olds. There is evidence of outbreaks of the virus in field trip scenarios when there was little interaction outside the group. If this is true then teachers need prioritisation I next round of vaccines along with police and other frontline workers – should not be a problem as numbers participating goes down?>
So the preferred outcome to arguments/discussions is to admit to a risk, to try to ameliorate it as much as possible and to acknowledge others arguments – not enough of this goes on. It seems to be worst amongst politicians who are always 100% right, and never wrong! Whatever happened to humility?
So things this government got wrong:- Too late to acknowledge the existence of the virus; too late in first lockdown, Cummins affair; PPE provision and procurement; Test and trace fiasco; 2nd lockdown too late; Christmas – holiday not a holiday – fiasco; wearing masks; GCSE and A Level exam fiasco; school open or shut?; lack of enforcement; quarantine 12 months late and a shambles having learnt nothing from those countries who have been doing it for a year; lack of clear guidance on -well, just about everything! And this is without Brexit lies and fiascos. And then foreign policy – Yemen?
Basically fiasco follows fiasco as surely as Boris follows Nicola!