Who has written this? It strikes me as reminiscent of those annoying people who claim that they are 'only saying what everyone else is thinking', as though they have some sort of special insight, and as though anyone who disagrees is somehow out of touch.
How can the writer know 'the mood of the country'? The nearest to a clue we get in the article is 'from my online interactions'. Well yes - all of us will be likely to get a confirmation of our own thoughts from our online interactions. We are more likely to have people with similar beliefs as online friends.
I don't blame the government for the virus - that would be illogical and rather foolish. I do, however, blame them for the lack of action at the start, when there was a chance to avoid some of the deaths, and when they were being told to act, but didn't.
Nor do I see the journalists who are questioning the spokespeople at the briefings as 'childish'. Questions need to be asked, and people need to be called to account. The alternative is simply to put our lives, and those of our loved ones, in the hands of people who have, so far, spectacularly failed to keep them safe. We have been promised PPE and testing that has not happened at anything like the levels we need. Should we (or the journalists who are asking on our behalf) just pretend that this is ok? Our Prime Minister failed to attend COBRA meetings five times. Should we not be told about this? And so it goes on.
Yes, sticking our heads in the sand, painting rainbows on our windows and singing We Shall Overcome will take our minds off things, but is that really how adults want to be treated? Or do we want to be kept informed about what is happening (for better or worse), and given enough information to make decisions about how well or how badly the government has handled this awful situation? I know what my preference is.
