In fairness it works the other way too i suppose

There will be rabid tories who will trust Johnson no matter what he does.

Personally i'm in the middle somewhere on this. I was persuaded watching that press conference yesterday and felt what they were saying made sense but then I have a wobble almost hourly when I read something else. Its pretty scary stuff so who wouldn't be worried that they've got it wrong.

Posted By: Jim on March 13th 2020 at 14:10:44

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Decent bit on herd immunity (General Chat) - duke of york, Mar 13, 13:22:24
- Not sure "herd immunity" is their aim though is it? they just said that (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 13, 13:54:19
  - Controlled spreading (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 13, 13:55:05
    - Nature’s way is for it to spread tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 13, 13:55:18
- the former director of WHO has a few questions about the strategy (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 13, 13:41:50
  - Some of those questions even us dumbarses are asking (General Chat) - duke of york, Mar 13, 13:46:59
    - Taking a gamble on our own against all logic (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 13, 13:50:31
      - There is an interesting common theme emerging in terms of those (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 13, 13:56:46
        
        Indeed. We can all learn a lesson from the measured response of right-wingers (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 13, 14:09:02
        
        Corbin is a virus 🦠 sympathiser. Danger to the country! (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 13, 14:11:50
        
        Eh? (General Chat) - Yurik Hunt, Mar 13, 14:04:00
        
        I would like to see the model and assumptions etc. However I think the nudge strategy (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 13, 14:08:28
        
        Here we go again! (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 13, 14:01:52
        
        I'd personally like to think I'd have the same view whoever was in charge (General Chat) - duke of york, Mar 13, 13:58:52
        
        I wasn;t referring to you. We've (collectively) had some good discussions on here (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 13, 14:03:52
        
        Probably an element of that out there, yes (General Chat) - duke of york, Mar 13, 14:08:10
        
        I think it's a fairly logical mindset to question every decision a government make (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 13, 14:32:56
        
        Same. And for now I’m giving them the benefit of doubt (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 13, 15:13:45
        
        In fairness it works the other way too i suppose (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 13, 14:10:44
        
        Like the Brexit thing perhaps the key lesson is try and stay off social media as it drives (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 13, 14:11:35
        
        I don’t like Boris or his team of right wingers. I do think this herd immunity might be a (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 13, 14:07:40
        
        208 new cases yesterday (General Chat) - duke of york, Mar 13, 14:13:15
        
        being as they're only going to test people in hospital now, that measure becomes (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 13, 14:36:35
        
        Exactly. The testing number has been pretty unrepresentative for a while now (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 13, 15:13:13
        
        It will do going forward yes (General Chat) - duke of york, Mar 13, 14:42:49
- So basically we’ve got quacks in charge (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 13, 13:33:33

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