@Sue. I'd agree that there's no way the government can put dates on any exift plan. However, it would be usual to have a strategy or framework that details what you need to know for the exit plan and how that maps to the decision making stages defining a plan and to be executed as data is collected, analysed, and information and insight is shared with others in a similar situation. Just reading the blog on LinkedIn of an industry contact: her doctorate and early work were in respiratory diseases in children, she now works in cyber security: interesting parallels about data collection, analysis, information sharing, cooperation and planning! Starmer is doing Hus job and as leader of the opposition holding the government to account. The fact they haven't shared anything, even in outline, in concerning; there is, after all, data from other countries - China, Taiwan, Korea, Italy, Germany, Spain - that are in different stages which could be used to put together a framework/strategy (obviously without dates). I suspect Starmer knows the government is on the backfoot and is enjoying that while the can. I'm not sure I agree with that approach as cooperation is the main requirement. But nothing will change safely until we have solid data from testing and monitoring, have analysed it and done due diligence on the resulting plan. To be honest Starmer is another who isn't a scientist, he's a lawyer, but that doesn't stop him pushing for disclosure of the information available, in this instance it should be public domain.
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