Lockdown Mark I - One Year Anniversary...

One year on since the first lockdown was called by the Government, and the COVID-19 Crisis goes on, but, hopefully, with an end in sight, or at least eased, with the roll out of vaccinations. I wrote this blog one year ago to the day, which was quite upbeat, but never did we imagine that the crisis could still be going one year later, following many mistakes (I was going to use a rude word), and much wasted taxpayers' money! 

All I can say is, keep up the good work folks, maintain social distancing, wash your hands regularly, wear a face covering where required, and, if you can, do have those vaccinations, we have to beat this virus, despite having an incompetent and corrupt Government making errors, eg giving YOUR £37 BILLION of taxpayers' money to their friends to line their fat cat pockets with, yet fail to deliver Test & Trace (Parliament).

But see what can be done when resources are given to the appropriate and experienced bodies, the NHS, public health authorities and relevant charities...

Fingers crossed, but I'm not so upbeat this year...

English National Lockdown Mark 3

Happy New Year, or not...

So, was it 10 wasted months?!? We've now entered Lockdown Mark III, (BBC) after Hastings so recently being the safest place in England and Wales to not (blog). 

We have an incompetent Government, the most inefficient and corrupt Government in living history wasting £billions on an inefficient Track & Trace system (blog), a Government stumbling from policy to policy, always reacting well after the fact since first reducing emergency PPE supplies before the COVID-19 Crisis, then squandering £millions on unsuitable items during the pandemic (NHS Support Campaign). From reducing the incidence of COVID-19 during the summer, then bringing in a half-baked lockdown that saw the incidence rise swiftly as schools and universities reopened. That took away the responsibility for tackling the COVID-19 Crisis from experienced public health authorities and the NHS, and gave it to friends in private industry with no relevant experience at the cost to us, the taxpayer, of £billions.

Yes I am frustrated and angry, they acted like rabbits staring at headlights in the night, ministers panicking during television announcements because, frankly, they have no idea, they are incompetent. Sorry folks, but these past wasted 10 months have come down to hoping and praying because of their incompetence, rather than reducing deaths and illness, and now relying on the experts they recently derided, relying on scientists and health professionals, experts, to get us through the crisis, and thankful to them. Roll out the vaccine as soon as possible pretty please!

Sorry about my rant, but I am angry...