Yeah he can. Some just have higher standards than others. If he had said the following people would have been a lot happier:
- plans to test a minimum 100k people a day with no exception
- plans to antibody test parts of the UK to ascertain where we are before getting back to work. Let us know how many they think have had it etc. Any updates in immunity?
- clear safety measures to be put in place and checked before businesses let staff return to work, plus how they plan to enforce this
- clear reasoning as to why its okay to see your work colleagues and bosses but you cant see your family from a distance
- an update on the contact tracing app and how its working and when itll be rolled out nationwide
- what exactly is being done to protect care homes
- an explanation as to the weird france only quarantine exception
- what people are meant to do on public transport if they have to go to work. Masks? Why not provide people with them?
- any more PPE updates for workers?
- any attempt at explaining why we shouldn't be worried that these changes won't put the R above 1. Just anything. Explain some of the science. It'd be useful.
- in general just 'why now?'. What exactly puts us at 4 going into 3. And then 3 into 2. Etc. Will we go back into lockdown if it goes up again? Just more info please.
- if he had just been fucking honest with us. Pretending we've been really successful is incredibly disengenuous when you look at the numbers dead. Show humility. Say theres things we could do better and maybe there's areas we've reacted too slowly. Just honesty. It goes a long way.
There are still loads of areas to improve. Lots of unanswered questions. If they cant do some of those things yet, explain why and then when. Honesty. If he'd be as instructive and as helpful as all that up there I'd have said fair fucks and appreciated it. Most would. As it is he really needs to do better. It left uncertainty. We need less of that where possible. We don't have to accept low standards.
There are lots of unanswered questions because in some areas there are no answers at the moment. The whole thing is progressing and changing daily.
Some of the points you mention shouldn’t need a grown adult telling another grown adult what it means.
“- clear reasoning as to why its okay to see your work colleagues and bosses but you cant see your family from a distance”
Take this one for example, it’s obvious, you’re not “seeing them”, you’re working with them, it will contribute to the economy and is needed. Having a cup of tea with your mum and dad is not, especially when aunties, uncles, brothers, sisters can just pop round as well with the same attitude.
No government should ever be truly transparent with the public, it’s a recipe for disaster but if you feel they aren’t telling the truth then you have to do some research, too many just now press the send button without thinking.
Also for someone who has shown mass panic on the situation on both here and Twitter, it might not be helpful to not miss an important announcement on the matter, especially when unless a family emergency is happening, there is nothing to miss it for.
