RE: Principle Trial4 Nov 2021 14:50
It doesn't take a genius to join the dots.
A desperate government reeling from supply chain issues, the latest corruption lobbying scandal, desperately looking for an out. You can almost imagine the conversations in the corridors of Whitehall:
'We need some good news, approval ratings are in the ground'
'Well, there is a new drug that can treat COVID, but...'
'Approve it'
'Ok, but it hasn't been peer reviewed yet and we have concerns about it's mutagenetic...'
'Stop going on. How much is it?'
'Well, it's £500 but for it to have an impact we would need to give it to every body with COVID in early phase disease progression so actually it would be quite expensive and...'
'£500 a go you say, seems cheap enough. Make sure you give it all the bells and whistles 'game changer', 'wonder drug' should do it.'
'Yes sir.'
As a British citizen, I have serious concerns about how the UK strategy is playing out.