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Their original argument was that it wouldn't be taken seriously enough so people would stop locking themselves away. The longer they could leave a full shutdown the more likely people would adhere. Or something like that. It could've just been them buying time to think of a response.
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Yeh it’s a decent turn around when they were harping on about herd immunity a week ago. I am just glad they’ve done it even if it is late.
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Not to argue in favour of it, but the idea was about 'flattening the curve' gradually. Therefore these measures were always set to be implemented at a certain time, not immediately. So it could spread in a managed way. Not be clamped down and stopped, just slowed.
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I think they waited until today to tell pubs, clubs, restaurants etc. to close because anything announced before the jobs package would have resulted in mass layoffs and a jobs crisis.
I was shocked at the scope of the announcements this evening, Sunak seems to have an empathy for people that’s sorely lacking in his party. BJ looked uncomfortable. I wonder who’s been driving policy behind the scenes?
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I don't like to harp on but it is a week to the day that the Valencia closed all the bars and restaurants. I can't see who in government didn't think it would be better to follow suit immediately.
From every projection I've seen, one day of delay is devastating to the propagation of cases. So seven?