Yes that’s plausible and the way I’m thinking. So the logical approach is not only to take great caution with vulnerable groups but to be mindful that it’s still the invisible enemy!
Agree, Caz. I am still of the mind that regrettably we missed a vital trick with care homes. Here we have a known sample made up of our most vulnerable citizens - vulnerable for a variety of reasons: age, infirmity, disability etc. They are spread across the country; large, small and variously managed. They would have made an ideal first step for launching surveillance through testing and tracking of staff and inmates. This would have made a great project for our Public Health teams - a perfect model for informing our policies, and leading seamlessly into a mature national program of data collection. I don't like double guessing the experts, but IMO this is a shameful oversight that might well have avoided thousands of avoidable deaths and brought forward our countermeasures by weeks if not months. Best of all - we would have been putting the people in most immediate danger, including carers, to the front of the queue, highlighting their difficulties!
R.
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830