SAGE ‘experts’ are crawling back out from under their slimy rocks.
Some scientists have said the unfolding situation warrants pandemic-era curbs, such as wearing masks, in a bid to limit demand for NHS care. Hospitals, GP practices and care homes have pleaded with visitors to return to wearing coverings.
Other experts have called for people to avoid crowds and for ministers to widen the booster roll-out to under-50s.
Those ‘experts’ are probably behavioural psychologists who are not scientists and not experts – they are manipulative, control freak charlatans. Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off! And when you have finished fucking off, fuck off some more and keep doing it until we can no longer hear or see you. Just fuck the fuck off!
Instead of rushing to Armageddon perhaps the opinion-papers could start asking questions. Like if the NHS is so wonderful how come the winter surge in demand is such a big surprise year after year after year?
Perhaps we should encourage a really big firm that manages seasonal surges in demand to take over running the NHS? The NHS as powered by Amazon, offering Amazon Basic Health Care, next day appointments, Amazon access to other private health care services? And retrain most of the NHS bureaucrats as porters, care staff and patient care managers?
Same reason leaves falling on the line in autumn always comes as a surprise to the rail companies?
To be fair to them, it doesn’t. They know where the risk spots are and plan accordingly. The biggest problem they face is not being allowed to cut back trees in certain locations. Hence, no amount of planning actually stops trains from sliding or disappearing from the signalling system.
LR, That is what someone in the system, or has been, will say. The same could be said of the NHS and every other organisation.
To us poor end users though the result is the same. NR could find a way around it. New sensors, new processes, something instead of just saying we can’t fix it because of rulez.
IMO. The hassle for the odd times it happens isn’t worth it so it is left. That is a fair enough call btw.
Okay, so because I come from the industry, my insight is dismissed as ‘well, you would say that.’ In reality, I am able to offer an insight that the media claptrap won’t give you because I’ve been there and dealt with it on the ground.
Leaves fall every season and every season there is a plan put in place to minimise the disruption. However, Network Rail cannot just cut back every tree it would like to, otherwise it would. There are bad spots and modern traction doesn’t cut through the mulch, hence it will slide, despite full braking being applied and the equivalent of ABS kicking in. If you’ve ever been in a cab approaching a red signal with this happening, maybe, just maybe, you would understand that this is no joke and the rail industry would dearly love to eliminate the problem. Axle counters resolves the signalling issue, but the cost of re-signalling the whole network takes time and money. As re-signalling is carried out, axle counters are replacing track circuits so eventually, that one will be resolved. As for removing the mulch – again, there are sandite trains that run over the worst affected areas and traction is fitted with sand boxes to help where required. Although, a return to steam traction would be one solution. As it is, over the whole network, leaves on the line is an exaggerated problem that is more about noise in the media than the reality on the ground. So, yes, it really isn’t worth a huge effort to resolve a problem that is largely minimised by the plans already in place.
Our local surgery has insisted on masks throughout, even though some of the bureaucrats inside don’t wear them. Funny that dentists haven’t bothered, but also outrageous that hospitals rigidly enforce their ‘rules’ – perhaps there is some correlation between that and their failure to treat patients when needed?
My local NHS dentist had a stack of face masks near the front door, I was waiting for the receptionist to finish her phone call, when she did she asked me if I usually wear a mask. I answered no and that was that. When I was finished I waited for her to print the bill and there was a young man wearing a mask waiting for his appointment. He looked very embarrassed and sheepish, probably hadn’t had cojones to just refuse the rag.
There is, apparently, an endless supply of self-professed “experts” just waiting to be fanned with a big cheque from wastemonster or grub street. Grub street, of course, will continue to make up what they can’t be bothered verifying.
“Funny that dentists haven’t bothered”
Curiously my optician still insists on masks. Everywhere. Or rather I should say, my ex optician. I’m off to Specsavers.
These are control freaks. Masks just cause your glasses to steam up. No more of this. We have to live with respiratory viruses such as influenza. Now with Covid 19 and variants there of.
We have always had to live with control freaks. See the Nazis, Mary Whitehouse, the Spanish inquisition (nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!), Etc etc.
Most people, who appear to lack critical thinking skills, just seem to go along, unless an alternative is presented.
I read an article a while back that it only takes 3% of a population to actively resist to change a society. (Also, as and aside, coincidentally, there is usually 3% who will actively do the opposite on purpose and are clearly seen in surveys giving silly answers just to fuck with the system).
It is incumbent on us to resist and show the rest another way, it gives them courage to resist as well.
And if we can bring the mask fascists down just by not complying, then that’s better than waiting until we have to start throwing Molotov’s…
We are living with the predictabe (and predicted) results of 2 years of masking and lockdowns. You would think that when in a hole, you stop digging but no, let’s push the same failed policies. And still pushing the poison!