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The UK government had also ruled the second national lockdown, but here we are. Is there a counter since the last U-turn of the UK government?
by shmel 6y ago
The UK government had also ruled the second national lockdown, but here we are. Is there a counter since the last U-turn of the UK government?
- bun_at_work 6y agoThis isn't a fair comparison, or reasoned in good faith. The UK government changed their mind about a second lockdown given new evidence. The virus got much worse and they responded. What new evidence is there that the UK government is going to start vaccination passports? Has something changed?
- shmel 6y ago>>Has something changed? That's the wrong question. The right one is "may something change in the future?" And an answer on this: "maybe, we don't know, nobody knows the future". That being said, extrapolation of the exponential curve a month forward is one of relatively simple ways to predict the future. And yet, it was _completely_ unexpected for the UK government. Think about that.
- makomk 6y agoAs I recall, the UK government very loudly and repeatedly refused to rule out a second national lockdown, despite calls to do so. Now, Boris Johnson said that he really didn't want to carry out a national lockdown and that it was a last resort, but that's not the same thing at all. Didn't stop the press calling it a u-turn anyway of course.
- simonbarker87 6y agoThe Flip-flop / U turn complaint has always irked me. People don’t know the future, people change their minds. I would be disappointed if government were given new information and didn’t change their mind if it was now clear they should do so. Strong opinions, loosely held.
- shmel 6y agoI am not saying that the government can't change their minds, new things pop up, future is hard. I am just saying that relying on "they promised us to not do that" is dumb. They will do anything once circumstances change.