Common sense decisions make common sense, understanding when it's time to make better decisions and we’re all responsible for those. In the pandemic, sadly common sense decisions need to be common place. Sensible decisions saves lives.
Ignoring the science isn't common sense
Doing something because someone says you should isn't common sense, if what they’re asking you to do, is going to put you in harms way.
The country has had precautionary measures enforced again, but precautionary measures shouldn't have been lifted. But while we were being told they are unnecessary, we're not being careful and Covid-19 has continued to spread.
Parents' Dilemma
Parents over the months have also pleaded, through social media, with the UK Government to make sure their children remain safe in school. As a result of no measures in school, four out of five children in the UK aged between 5 and 14 have now had Covid. (Source: uk.news.yahoo.com)
When schools eventually reopened, head teachers were not been being told to take the necessary precautions for children coming back into school, and as a result of that, children got sick with the virus. It is only fairly recently that masks have been introduced into schools. Older students are now adding to the problems, because they are refusing to take lateral flow tests, and wearing masks in school. (Source: bbc.co.uk)
Although students wearing masks in school is another one of the UK Government’s u-turns, what we really need is common sense decisions being made from the start, from a government who care. It's not what you have here, but it's not helping that society is divided also.
We need reliable and honest leadership in this unprecedented pandemic, but certainly here in the UK we have the opposite.
So, it's not surprising that people faced with a 'do as I say' not 'do as I do' attitude that common sense goes out the window.
I have always taken the view that I will behave with precaution, irrespective of the national rules, but I know I am in the minority.
It must be difficult for parents of school children age to navigate the virus. More needs to be done to address their concerns and do what makes common sense.
A work colleague told me yesterday all his friends are not in the slightest concerned about catching the virus, as it is no more than a bad cold... if only.
Thanks. Yes, I will always talk about the issues that cause me anxiety.
Trying to navigate the pandemic makes me anxious, even more so when the decisions that are being made causes me more anxiety and stress.
What I find staggering is they're not using their common sense, particularly when it comes to making decisions for children and school.
It has become clear, they are putting politics before the people; therefore we need to do what makes common sense, so that we can stay safe.