Indeed, this is the core of the problem with Technocratic regimes.
An expert is very aware of the hazards and risks in that particular field but has little knowledge of the consequential hazards that go beyond their area of expertise, that their mitigation will result in.
So taking a crude example. A road traffic expert informs the prime minister that he can save 2,000 lives a year by making the national speed limit 5mph even on motorways with speed governors.
That expert is quite right but only a fool would take their advice without considering what knock on consequences this would cause and how many deaths they cause. And only a fool would not take the advice of other dissenting experts and move to suppress their views in the media and demonise them.
But unfortunately with Covid our government did do all the things only a fool would do, and are still at it.
Many threads ago, it was suggested that Mrs Thatcher would have taken a much firmer line with the scientific advice. Probing, testing, questioning, expecting properly evidenced answers from those putting themselves forwards as the experts. I fear Mr Johnson is far too much of an irresponsible loose cannon to bother with such things as facts and evidence based decision making.
What a depressing read. It's clear that some people in parliament don't want this to end. The constant talk of vaccine dodging variants and endless testing. The reality is that Covid is everywhere. People need to decide for themselves what they are comfortable with.
People can only decide what they are comfortable with if they are given accurate, comprehensive and timely information about the risks they face (or don't face, much at all, actually). We still seem to be in a phase of scaring everyone s**tless whilst at the same time telling them it's OK to do things to keep the economy going.
We have now had up to 24 months of this virus and associated NPI's [Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention
(infectious disease control strategy)]. It is time the 'experts' came up with a realistic strategy the public can understand and buy into. One size fits all never was appropriate, which is why the health person in Scotland, Professor Panzoff, Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson Senior and so many others devised their own interpretation of the rules to suit themselves. Without a clear stategy going forwards people will continue guessing blind based on heresay and gut-feeling.
Just what are the risks faced by an individual;
going to to a supermarket at a quiet time,
going to the same supermarket at a busy time,
doing those things with or without a facecloth, a level 1, 2 or 3 mask?
ditto taking a quiet/busy train / bus / underground.
ditto sitting at a table/standing at the bar in a pub with known contacts or a constant mix of complete strangers.
The risk of crossing a road varies considerable depending upon the fleet-footed nature of the individual, the physical characteristics of the road and the volume of traffic. So it is with Coronabobs.
Returning to the subject of Greece and compulsory vaccination - a 60 year goat-herder, living pretty much self-sufficiently halfway up a mountain has rather a different risk profile to a 60 year old cosmopolitan living the highlife in crowded Athens. Treating each as being exactly the same is simply ridiculous.