Hope Britons never forget that Boris and Cummings' initial strategy of culling the herd — Baden
Hope Britons never forget that Boris and Cummings' initial strategy of culling the herd is the reason for the totally avoidable chaos to come. — Baden
A petition signed by more than 2,000 doctors, scientists, and professors last week – including the chairman of the Nobel Foundation, Prof Carl-Henrik Heldin – called on the government to introduce more stringent containment measures. “We’re not testing enough, we’re not tracking, we’re not isolating enough – we have let the virus loose,” said Prof Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, a virus immunology researcher at the Karolinska Institute. “They are leading us to catastrophe.”
Strong words, but stoicism is a way of life here, as is unflappability. A 300-year history of efficient and transparent public administration, and high levels of trust in experts and governing officials, have left the public inclined to believe what they are told, and that those doing the telling have their best interests at heart.
“I trust that the doctors working with the government know what they are doing, so I suppose we’re as well prepared as we can be,” Robert Andersson, 50, a vendor manager in IT who lives in Södermalm, Stockholm, said. “This ‘hysteria’ that the media is launching is far more dangerous than the virus itself.”
Hmm.. I think that when your President is speaking about the option of 100 000 dying being the option where they have done a 'good job', that might spread a bit hysteria.There is certainly a degree of hysteria. Such is the internet! — I like sushi
He's just lobbing back the gratuitous attacks on the president and the GOP in general. — frank
Can you name any gratuitous attacks on Trump or his or the GOP? Any? Any at all? Seems to me they're all meretricious, warranted, and substantial - and he's yet to substantively address a single one! And, then, what does that say about his defenders? — tim wood
The worldometer is where I get all my data — Baden
It's also incredibly cynical that 100,000 deaths is a good job. The reply is "No, you fucking cunt. You are way too late to do a good job, which results in 100,000 deaths instead of the 20,000 it should've been when you would've acted on time instead of downplaying the risks." — Benkei
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