Dear All
As much as Nicola Sturgeon wants to keep peddling the myth
of competence when it comes to her handling of Coronavirus, one thing we can
say with confidence is that she has failed. The real failure is how she and her
cohorts micromanage everything, which is why I want to in part talk about how
the public message is so weak. The number of corona virus cases is rising, even
prior to Sturgeon being taken off the air by the BBC. The message isn’t
delivered well because having Sturgeon as the sole voice with a few bit players
turns people off. And re-running cheesy Jason Leitch ads on social media
platforms isn’t much better. Sturgeon wants to be the only official voice of
government on corona, this is down to electioneering. Her and her rabble
thought if they did a Joan of Arc scenario that it would hoover up the votes
for her in the upcoming election in 2021.
Nicola Sturgeon didn’t, hasn’t; and won’t save Scotland Scotland
As cases of the virus rise, the last six months have been
about the failure to communicate properly and effectively. I see that a new
message is needed, and needs to come from a wider civic Scotland Glasgow
People haven’t been taught to be mindful of what they do
when outside enough; clearly this is the case as number of cases rise up. Lockdown
restrictions for Greater Glasgow are to continue for at least one more week it
has been decided but clearly people aren’t buying into the message. Sturgeon
can close businesses but what she cannot do is take the will of the people with
her.
That is gone!
Sturgeon and her crew can preach but really, the message is
falling on deaf ears now, meetings deciding strategy from National Incident
Management Team chaired by Public Health Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon said it was “clearly regrettable that these
restrictions need to continue”. The downsize of making herself the face of the fight
against the virus is that when she is losing and numbers climb she can’t offset
the blame.
She added:
“I understand that this will not be welcome news for people
living in these areas but given the continued worrying increase in cases we continue
to see, we must act to get more control over the virus in these areas. But
while cases remain on the rise, early indications show these measures are
working. I would ask everyone in the affected areas to continue being extra
vigilant, to follow all guidance and to isolate and book a test if they have
any symptoms. Do not lose ground now. Above all, I want to emphasise that
getting a test – and even getting a negative result – is not a substitute for
self-isolating. If you have symptoms, or if you are contacted by our Test and
Protect team and told to do so, you will need to self-isolate. Over 900,000
people have already downloaded the Protect Scotland app, which is a really
important way to support Test and Protect and also to keep our communities
safe. In the face of Covid, we can all feel a bit powerless but, if you have
the means, using the app is a way of doing something positive that helps the
collective effort.”
Anyone think that Sturgeon is limiting her daily contact to
6 people?
I think most people would say no, and if she isn’t why the
hell should she expect other others too? Either you lead by example or you don’t,
clearly Sturgeon as she globe trots around from one PR stunt to another thinks
she is special. At a Scottish Government’s daily briefing, chief medical
officer Dr Gregor Smith said:
“What is coming through from the data we have been charting,
particularly over the last week, is that there may begin to be a slowing down
in the rise of cases, but it is still too early to tell whether these measures
are having a full effect yet. You have got to remember the incubation cycle for
this virus is up to 14 days and therefore it can be quite a significant length
of time before you actually see the effects of any intervention starting to
play through.”
Is it just me or does Smith come across as ‘pub expert’, his
statement that Covid-19 was being spread in “household and social settings” isn’t
exactly news! Scotland
Finally, as to the contact and trace app, well not everyone
has a smart phone or indeed a phone. Although 500,000 people had the app
downloaded to their phones, one section of the population hs been flagged up as
being let down by it, the elderly. Through-out coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon and
her inept Health Sec Jeane Freeman haven’t covered themselves in glory
regarding how the elderly were treated, especially in care homes. You would
think you were living in a third world country the way these people have been abandoned
to their fate. As the virus comes back, what opinion do you have of how the
last 6 months have been managed by Sturgeon? Certainly, you can’t call it a
success, but what the hell would you call it?
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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