hindsight is a wonderful thing. back in feb no one was predicting how bad this would be.
even if the most pessimistic forcasts had been listened to, politicians at that stage of whatever party are not going to shut a country down. however much medical opinion says we should, they would be terrified of the results. they are politicians so decisive action is not their bag.
6 weeks down the line its easy to say this and that should have been done in real time it aint so easy.
no health service in the world is going to spend millions holding a huge stock of ppe “just in case” especially one that already spends so much on “managers” etc they are not going to have a few million sets of ppe just sat in storage.
its easy being an opposition politician you just sit on the sidelines sniping away after the event. its the unfortunate consequence of our system. notice all the councils issuing statements criticising the govt response of food parcels, they are all labour. the criticism from labour is always about what should have been done weeks ago, yes with todays information things would probably have been done differently but that information wasnt available weeks ago.
hindsight is a wonderful thing.