I thought it would be interesting to look at the Gov advice since the start of Coronavirus 19
Three months ago, as coronavirus began to gain a foothold in countries across Europe, Downing Street press office said
they were still confident that the risk to the British public remained low.
However, by the February 25, the World Health Organisation said the virus had already killed thousands in China and that it was spreading through northern Italy, however, at the time there were just 13 confirmed cases and no deaths in the UK. In the UK our government ordered hospitals to prepare for an influx of patients, its advice to some of the country’s most vulnerable people — elderly residents of care or nursing homes — was that they were “very unlikely” to be infected.
That guidance remain in place over the next two-and-a-half weeks, as the number of coronavirus cases in the UK exploded. By the time the advice was withdrawn on March 13 and replaced with new guidances, there were now 594 confirmed cases, and it was too late.
By the May 1, of the 33,365 total confirmed deaths at least 12,526 — or 38% — were care home residents, according to the latest estimates from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
While the UK government has defended its handling of the issue, care home staff and experts have placed the high death toll on the prioritization of hospitals over these facilities and failure to listen to earlier warnings about likelihood of infectious diseases spreading quickly in Care Homes.
Others have blamed the slow rollout of testing, the government’s alleged pursuit of “herd immunity” (which it denies seeking) and its failure to order a lockdown early enough.
When you look at the facts somebody at Number 10 was failing, was it the PM or his advisers ?