Piethagoram

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/revealed-the-secret-report-that-gave-ministers-warning-of-care-home-coronavirus-crisis Some good points made by @Chris made to @chipmunx . The secret government Exercise Cygnus report, effectively blocked care home management from knowing (be it public or private care homes) what is needed in times of a pandemic. There were some real financial "gun to the head" levers forcing care homes to admit Covid19 possible carriers into care homes https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-care-homes-faced-funding-cut-if-they-didnt-take-in-covid-19-patients-11986578 This example of what happened in Gateshead is a shocking read: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-52739658 It highlights the problem in a nut shell. Hospitals trying to release hospital beds, care home refusing to accept without a negative Covid19 test, financial / police / ambulence / family pressures interwoven into one complex problem... all for just one test which could have solved this situation in an instant ( which wasn't available)

an interesting thread on the legalities

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/19/uk-government-pandemic

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2020/05/12/herd-immunity-is-fine-for-veterinary-epidemiology-but-not-for-humans/

https://www.ft.com/content/4ab490c1-a0ad-453b-9c0f-c3c0f4fdaab2

@chipmunxThe whole point of governments, be it left or right, is to manage the legal frameworks that society operates in. This is not political agenda driven, it's pointing out the failures of government to protect the most vulnerable

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/revealed-the-secret-report-that-gave-ministers-warning-of-care-home-coronavirus-crisis

https://davidallengreen.com/2020/04/the-extraordinary-sir-simon-mcdonald-clarification-a-guided-tour/

I urge everyone to read this long article and ask yourself has the government acted in your own best interests? https://archive.is/20200418182037/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/coronavirus-38-days-when-britain-sleepwalked-into-disaster-hq3b9tlgh

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci/special-report-johnson-listened-to-his-scientists-about-coronavirus-but-they-were-slow-to-sound-the-alarm-idUSKBN21P1VF an interesting long read but important to understand

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci/special-report-johnson-listened-to-his-scientists-about-coronavirus-but-they-were-slow-to-sound-the-alarm-idUSKBN21P1VF

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/29/notts-county-ricardo-moniz-sacked @AmericanPie