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Oil shortages and long lines make for good/bad TV. Fear of bad media coverage energized the Govt. to act.
by sriram_sun 5y ago
Oil shortages and long lines make for good/bad TV. Fear of bad media coverage energized the Govt. to act.
- rattray 5y agoPerhaps part of the difference was that it took longer for the victim to pay this time. Presumably Hospitals cave before the impacts make the headlines.
- lostlogin 5y agoI’ve got colleagues who have had radiology hardware that got locked - CT scanners specifically. The NHS paid and they were back to work in a couple of hours.
- PeterisP 5y agoI'd guess that it's entirely the other way around - govt wanted to act, so they drummed up the bad media coverage to justify removing any restrictions they had to (re)act quickly, instead of through the usual law enforcement process which takes months or years.