[hibeejim21]

Agreed.

She has got things wrong with her reaction to covid too, but I thought today she explained pretty well why this is needed, what they hope to achieve and finally a roadmap out of this nightmare. All being well around march time we should see a major reduction in elderly people being admitted to ICU and evidence from the numbers that the vaccines are working.

Problem with taking action before xmas was as you pointed out yourself - too many numpties wouldn't have followed the advice anyway.