The government is damned if they do, and damned if they don't. Over face masks they got a kicking for delaying their introduction; now they're getting a kicking for acting swiftly. The media, and the people, can't have it both ways.
Originally Posted by
PiggyBack
Actually the media can (and do) have it both ways, regularily. That is perhaps why the political system is becoming increasingly disfunctional a process that has reached its apogee, or should that be nadir, in the US. When everything - the prudent and the inprudent, the consistent and the inconsistent, the rational and the irrational is criticsed in the same way it opens the door for politics completely disconnected from evidence, facts and analysis.
Clearly this is a disaster for all business connected to international travel. Anything but the most essential travel is going to be seen as unacceptably risky for most.
Nobody is much interested in which way the media are having it. This is really happening, regardless of which spin you put on it.
It is disturbing, on an aviation forum to read the point of view that you can't be too fast AND too slow to deal with a problem, or that your response could be inappropriately active AND inappropriately inactive.
So it is no good excusing government response with "Damned if they do...".
You need to do the right thing at the right time. That's why they are in the left seat!