Just my own narrow minded thoughts

I don't really follow politics. I'm the kind of person who only starts paying attention when General Election rolls around and I have to make a vote. As such, I definitely am more like one of those students who are last minute muggers, burning midnight oil before exams.

I readily admit most of the budget and policies are over my head, I read them without fully understanding the whole picture. I am having a hard time differentiating government schemes and things that are town council specific as well.

But what irritates me the most are the discussion about Covid19. Yes, this is a global pandemic, and everyone wants to know how it will be handled from here on. But can the discussion be broaden and not be so narrow minded?

I didn't appreciate how sudden and fast the changes for dealing with the pandemic came about during Feb to May period. But I understood that this situation is unpreceldented, and the government is also coping with it as best as they can.

But the general public response to those changes, really grated on me. An announcement is made on news or facebook live on Friday, then immediately the calls and messages as to how you and your organisation are dealing with it start poring in. They keep thinking that someone else must have been "in the know" and are prepared to provide solutions or alternatives for them. Then phase 2 was announced, people immediately tried to arrange to go out for father's day celebration.

I do not know how a government can take care of thousands who refuse to take care of themselves. I don't see how the situation can be controlled if people keep pushing at the boundaries of what is adviced.

I would rather find out what plans the candidates have to corral the "sheep and stubborn mules" if other events with nation wide effects appear. Whether it be healthcare wise or threat of invasion/war and so on.

Covit19 is scary and life threatening, but what is scarier is how unprepared we were as a people to deal with huge life changing events. I actually think the government responded as fast and as best as they could, but its citizens in particular that made things so difficult.

I guess its because of my job, I understand how difficult directing large groups of individuals can be, and I know a lot of the responsibility lies on the individuals that cause trouble. But just like a teacher has to be responsible with managing students in a class, government is responsible with managing citizens. So what I really want to know is, what measures the candidates can come up with to better manage citizens' panicked responses, pushing of boundaries and so on.