[ritchiebaby]

I agree with you regarding the talent available from across the political spectrum who should have an input into Government decision-making. Only in my opinion perhaps, but the UK made the original mistake of adopting scientific modelling as the answer. This would have been fine as the way to "flatten the curve", but absolutely useless as far as limiting the spread was concerned. Which we couldn't do, as we were totally unprepared in having testing equipment available right from the start, despite having advance warning from other countries' experiences.

Another concern from me is the supply and distribution aspect. The individual Health Boards/Trusts are bound to have Procurement and Distribution Departments for all kinds of hospital equipment, so the supply chain is there. Of course, the sheer scale of the pandemic will make things more difficult, but could be overcome by organising extra shipments. That is obviously still not happening, so the problem must be that we still don't have sufficient supplies to distribute, despite all the fine words uttered at the daily press conferences.

On a lighter note, I read that the sale of sex toys has tripled in New Zealand! That supply chain will no doubt be able to cope.