Dominic Cummings

[Guest]

In your view should he lose his job? 

I think he did what was right. He took care of his wife and son first. Then he was himself very ill. 

It was a time in March of severe stress and fear for all of us. It is natural and right to take care of your own family. In hindsight yes he broke lockdown rules. But as a human being he deserves mercy. He did not put anyone else at risk. I don't like seeing a man targeted so harshly by the media. 

But opinions are divided. 

[ladypeartree]

Not many people outside the UK know or care who he is and apparently he didn't just go to get help for his child but made several trips. ( and he and his father had a warning from the police so both must have been involved despite him saying they were not ) Others who were caught doing the same have had the grace to resign ..great power ( and he undoubtedly does hold that ) demands great responsibility and the rules were there for everyone including the people who had to make great sacrifices to protect others and people that didn't have the means to do what he did.  Would you now trust him to do what is best for everyone or only for himself ? remember he is not even an elected mp Since he travelled to another district he DID in fact put others at risk since he was a known contact with a covid sufferer and could easily have taken the disease to yet another place overwhelming a much smaller medical system This was the whole reason for the lockdown that HE advised take place after his advice to try for " herd immunity " wasn't working 

[Deborah_]

1 hour ago, Melinda12 said:

In your view should he lose his job? 

I think he did what was right. He took care of his wife and son first. Then he was himself very ill. 

It was a time in March of severe stress and fear for all of us. It is natural and right to take care of your own family. In hindsight yes he broke lockdown rules. But as a human being he deserves mercy. He did not put anyone else at risk. I don't like seeing a man targeted so harshly by the media. 

But opinions are divided. 

I think he should be disciplined, but not necessarily sacked. From what I've read, it sounds like one of those 'grey areas'. I know the media are hounding him at the moment, but there is a lot of self-righteousness behind it. If they were in the same position (worrying about who would care for their toddler), what would they have done?

24 minutes ago, ladypeartree said:

This was the whole reason for the lockdown that HE advised take place after his advice to try for " herd immunity " wasn't working 

Well no, it wasn't him personally who advised either for herd immunity or for the lockdown. He's not an epidemiologist and has no expertise in that area. It was the medical/scientific members of the SAGE committee. With the medical officers who have broken their own lockdown for no good reason (and we've had a few cases), people are justified in feeling angry.

[Guest]

He went in his own car i presume. To take his already sick wife and their son to safety. Then he fell very ill. 

I cannot condemn him or anyone for putting their closest loved ones first. His son would have been very vulnerable if both parents were ill or had died. 

Who among us would risk our children?

 

[Neighbor]

Just the name Dominic on a Englishman seems a crime or at least a civil law violation.

[Neighbor]

33 minutes ago, Deborah_ said:

He's not an epidemiologist and has no expertise in that area.

Well yes that  is one good point for him. He is not as useless as an epidemiologist.

[ladypeartree]

An opinion was asked … it was given , everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion and it is not worth arguing about as for who would not put their children first  ask any nurse or teacher or other front line worker  One of my daughters works for NHS another is a teacher both have continued to work throughout this even though they have 9 children between them .   One has caught covid  ( the one with 6 children who works in a school teaching /babysitting the children of NHS workers ) 

[Guest]

So not much sympathy evwn here on a christian forum. For a father and husband, feeling dreadfully unwell along with his wife. Taking their child to a place of safety. They must have been so scared and unable to think clearly, only to look after their 4 year old son. Firstly they are hunan beings. Everything he did was for his family. 

Yet look at what is happening. He is being hounded and people want blood. 

If blame is required, look at China and the WHO. They allowed this. Try to find some empathy mercy for a man who looked after his family. He had nobody to care for his son. What is the matter with people? Look at rhe silly reasons thousands are breaking lockdown rules for. 

I hate what we have all become. No compassion. Jusr blame and self righteousness. I am on his side. A father and husband.  

[leah777]

31 minutes ago, Melinda12 said:

So not much sympathy evwn here on a christian forum. For a father and husband, feeling dreadfully unwell along with his wife. Taking their child to a place of safety. They must have been so scared and unable to think clearly, only to look after their 4 year old son. Firstly they are hunan beings. Everything he did was for his family. 

Yet look at what is happening. He is being hounded and people want blood. 

If blame is required, look at China and the WHO. They allowed this. Try to find some empathy mercy for a man who looked after his family. He had nobody to care for his son. What is the matter with people? Look at rhe silly reasons thousands are breaking lockdown rules for. 

I hate what we have all become. No compassion. Jusr blame and self righteousness. I am on his side. A father and husband.  

Any thoughts on him driving 30 miles to another location, and back, with his son in car, to test if his eyesight was good enough for him to drive home safely?

Who does such a thing? Is illegal to drive if you don't know if you can see properly.

[missmuffet]

On 5/24/2020 at 12:36 AM, Melinda12 said:

In your view should he lose his job? 

I think he did what was right. He took care of his wife and son first. Then he was himself very ill. 

It was a time in March of severe stress and fear for all of us. It is natural and right to take care of your own family. In hindsight yes he broke lockdown rules. But as a human being he deserves mercy. He did not put anyone else at risk. I don't like seeing a man targeted so harshly by the media. 

But opinions are divided. 

I don't know who he is.