It's self serving guff from the I'm alright jack types. Nobody with immune issues, or elderly, or vulnerable or looking after anyone in those categories thinks the lockdown was a bad idea. It has allowed us to build capacity and bought valuable time. We'll no doubt start transitioning out of it mid to late next month and that's a good balance I'd say.

The brushing under the carpet with what's going on in care homes is a travesty, no plan, no resources. There was effectively no lockdown period at alll for them and they paid a high price for it.

My grandad was released from a hospital back to his care home the same day there have been the first covid-19 death in the same hospital. Thankfully he was fine and admittedly this was before lockdown, but understand there is still very little testing on elderly patients leaving hospital for unrelated issues corona treatment. Potentially putting someone infected back into a group of very vulnerable people.

The comparison has been made by far more qualified people than me.

But you carry on, don't worry your little self about it....just tell yourself what you wish to.

Indeed. No plan, no protection, nothing. Carers milling in and out all day and night with zero testing taking place. A recipe for disaster.

Multiple estimates have care home deaths at 6000 -7000 higher than this time last year, though of course where people aren't tested this is an inconvenient truth that can be ignored by those at the helm. A combination of a government avoiding responsibility and a small percentage of people who decide that being inconvenienced for absolutely any period of time is a stretch too far, help to put the most vulnerable in society at risk.

Of course there's a balance between reducing deaths by isolating and the impact of the economy, but clearly action taken thus far isn't all that out there considering the nature of what we're facing. And countries with a "we've got it sussed" attitude like Germany and Japan are fast realising that their numbers are also getting out of control, so if anything they will be in lockdown when we've emerged from it.

I totally get the points being made about care homes and it must be very worrying for those with relatives residing in or working in one. However, as far as I am aware, many are privately owned and charge upwards of £1000 per week. Surely then, the owners should be responsible for the well-being of residents and staff ( I would imagine this is a selling point on any literature), therefore should they not be providing PPE from their undoubted high profits? To put the blame solely at the Government’s door is, in my opinion, unfair and letting the owners of the hook.
NHS run homes are of course a different matter