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My story above includes a bit of explanation about how they pulled this sleight of hand, which basically is about relying on existing public and Public Health England workers, oh and volunteers, to cover over the gaping holes in the private contracts (sound familiar?!)
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We have all been played for fools...
The government has relied on the fact that hardly anyone understands their labyrinthine system (even the call handlers working in it, who don't actually know who they're supposed to report cases to) and their obscure terminology.
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The government has relied on the fact that hardly anyone understands their labyrinthine system (even the call handlers working in it, who don't actually know who they're supposed to report cases to) and their obscure terminology.
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They've relied on the the fact that til recently most of the media has been lax at asking questions about outsourcing, questions that go beyond the 'NHS' label to uncover who is doing what, esp when answers rarely seem to make much sense from a health point of view.
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But when local outbreaks are mushrooming, local economies are suffering, & people are getting sick/dying, we have to keep asking the right questions, keep sniffing if it doesn't quite add up.
Because dishonest government spin won't fix this mess.
Thanks for reading!
Because dishonest government spin won't fix this mess.
Thanks for reading!
TL:DR; England’s army of 12,000 contact tracers is *not* going to be “assigned to local authorities” (FT), “deployed regionally to work with councils” (Times), “focus on specific areas” (Guardian), or any other similar messages you heard from entire media this wk. We were duped.
