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Before reading this, here are Parts 1, 2 and 3 of a series on coronavirus and lockdown.
It seems that the British silent majority were largely fine with obeying the rules that Boris Johnson’s government set until the end of May.
By then, they began asking questions about the duration.
During the first two months of lockdown, they understood that the reasons were not to put too much pressure on the NHS.
However, as Boris and his ministers are taking only ‘baby steps’ (Boris’s words) to release us, many wonder what the real plan is.
Rightly or wrongly, suspicion is rife:
There is also the question about the NHS and the need for treatment outside of COVID-19.
Those of us who watch the daily coronavirus briefings from the government can’t help but notice the messaging, especially from Health Secretary Matt Hancock:
I missed this little titbit from the coronavirus briefing on Friday, June 5. Hancock said, ‘As the NHS reopens’. Hmm:
Yet, Britons are still missing out on non-coronavirus NHS treatments that are urgent:
I couldn’t agree more with this next observation from Prof Karol Sikora:
Then we have the unknown consequences of Big Data intrusions into our lives:
This is now climbing up the chain to stain Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the champion of his soi-disant ‘Government of the People’:
The goalposts have clearly shifted since Boris’s stonking victory in December 2019:
Lockdown has now gone on too long:
Despite what the government and scientists say on the weekday coronavirus briefings, other statistics find their way through the established narrative:
Yet, part of the blame also lies with the proportion of the British public who are afraid of re-engaging with society the way they did before lockdown:
Those who are afraid can stay at home. Let the rest of us get back to real life.
This London Assembly member from the Brexit Party is spot on. Lockdown must end:
Social distancing will end up being a killer, too:
One hopes it doesn’t come to this:
One wonders whether there is such a thing as conservatism any more:
Or is the WHO driving this? They must think we are stupid. Perhaps we are:
We will never be in a risk-free, virus-free world.
Ending on Boris, for now, this is something I missed. Then again, I don’t listen to BBC Radio 4. Even if I had, I would have thought that Boris’s father Stanley was voicing his own views, not his son’s:
Boris is still better than his Labour counterparts — Jeremy Corbyn (then) and Keir Starmer (now).
However, his polling will take a dive unless he restores what he called the People’s Government.
More tomorrow: coronavirus and the June riots.
Churchmouse Campanologist 