The points raised were answered in the report it was reporting on, along with other fairly similar reports. It’s obvious there isn’t any kind of consensus or settled view on this so what we get is cherry picking of statistics by those with a predetermined opinion to support. In other words a complete waste of time.

The only place where something sensible will emerge is the enquiry, but I guarantee that whatever it finds and recommends will be rejected by someone and this debate will continue until the next time some control measures are being considered.

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How can the points raised be answered in the report when they're actually about that report?
How dare anyone question the authorities! Wait a few years for the enquiry to decide the facts and be happy.
Why shouldn't anyone support their own opinion? It's what politicians do every day.

Because what headlines intimate is not actually what is there. It’s spinning to build a house on sand. You can question all you wish and be as unhappy that the answers are not what you want them to be. My point is that it’s a waste of time and energy. We did what we did. Now we need to analyse and learn so if something similar is faced we can improve. The only way to do that effectively is to do it systematically and objectively, via a calm, measured approach resulting in a detailed report and recommendations. Not by blowing hot air generated by long held prejudices.

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I fully expect many to be unhappy at whatever the enquiry decides but there is nothing they can do beyond complaining.
The effect of lockdown, both at the time and going forward, was very different for some; trying to homeschool children in a small flat, or living alone, while worried about losing jobs and no access to rural walks is very different to living in a larger property with a guaranteed income.

I see there is a new "variant" strain just in time to scare people into getting another booster.

Wonder what the uptake will be.

Let’s hope they understand the need for it rather better than you seem to and aren’t so silly as to listen to all the nonsense spread by the anti-vax brigade.

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