The COVID diaries – 3 Saturday 21st March
Donald Trump has reacted angrily to reports in the Washington Post that US intelligence agencies raised concerns in January and February, while he minimised the risk of COVID-19. It is claimed that despite a constant flow of reporting, Trump publicly and privately played down the threat the virus posed to Americans.
Our family WhatsApp group , along with the one for our Church and another for fellow Chief Executives, is pinging away with messages. Add in the phone calls I’m making to my Elder’s list at Church and it seems I’m having more contact with family and friends than ever before. Can’t help feeling that it’s rather ironic!
Some media commentators are starting to suggest we need a National Government, pooling our best political minds as we’ve done in wartime. Watching Boris Johnson do his daily press conferences, his body language speaks of someone who’s lost it. His lack of sincerity and blustering approach to politics isn’t what we need in the current crisis.