I am a lifelong Conservative but I am severely disappointed in how the government has (not) handled this whole thing. They just assumed we’d be ok, as the virus was in China, didn’t take it seriously. I remember someone saying it was just like a bad cold etc etc.
I don’t know if anyone else would have done any better but surely we can expect better than this. I do feel that we are just being left to get on with all this and those who die, well, just too bad. I feel so sorry for the doctors and nurses with no protection and as for the downright lies about number of tests, ventilators etc, I am disgusted!
We shouldn’t be lied to, we should be told that we weren’t prepared properly and therefore we haven’t got the equipment etc. We’re told weeks ago that 10,000 tests a day would take place very soon, then up to 25,000 tests, now it turns out we hadn’t even ordered them! A buyer in a small factory could have done a more efficient job to procure what we needed!
I have never ever criticised or posted anything political but I do feel we are up the creek without a paddle and I despair who has got a paddle!