Isle of Wight Coronavirus Survey - May 2020
I conﬁrm that the Isle of Wight is my main home
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No - thank you, please forward this survey onto someone els

 Are we ending the lockdown too early?
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Yes - it's too soon

No - we need to get the economy back
on track

Unsure

Any further comment
Number of responses: 120
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Second spike in infections very likely.

But man whwer this - including me - don't really know if it's too early or not - we don't have the science. It's just
our opinion based on what we've heard.

Need track and trace working properly before ending lock down.

Viruses are suddenly less contagious, now the governments true priorities can no longer play 2nd ﬁddle to
human wellbeing. /sarcasm

We're shielding, being told we can now go out, the same day that primary schools go back is dangerous.

We cannot stay shut up forever. Poverty kills and economic stagnation associated with this virus is more
dangerous- google the Glasgow eﬀect

Lockdown is unnecessary. It's an attack on freedoms

 Early release invites a 2nd wave

There is clearly still a fair amount of community transmission and we don't have a fully operational test, track
and trace mechanism up and running. Durr!

as far as I am aware, no relaxation of the lockdown has been announced, hence the question is rather odd

would be OK if everyone coming to the island was tested ( & turned back if positive ) before embarking on
ferries

It’s not clear yet whether the lockdown is being ended or even signiﬁcantly adjusted

No one has said that lockdown has changed, please stop scaremonger people we are no diﬀerent from the UK
just that we have been asked to trail something

Depending on the location

This is a misleading question. It is not being ended yet. It is being reviewed. As a Green Party voter I am
disappointed in your assumption in this question.

No date has been given for ending the lockdown

End of lockdown hasn’t been reviewed yet so the question is unanswerable.

Far to much transmission and death

irony no MOB signal but tracking possible

Is the lockdown deﬁnitely being ended here? I’ve heard about the app trial but not an end to the lockdown.

As far as I am aware they have not announced the end of the lockdown so I don’t know yet.

It's appalling that our MP should see ﬁt to oﬀer us up as sacriﬁcial lambs with zero consultation.

We are not ending the lockdown, so why the question??

Blindly aping the eﬀorts of other countries or bowing under pressure from business at the already costly
expense to citizens is madness.

 Needs to be. Sensibly gradual

Phased lockdown is ok

The lockdown of the whole society is ridiculous and against our civil liberties

I’m not ricking my family’s health for the sake of an experiment!

Demographic of the Island makes this irresponsible

There are no details yet on the end of lockdown.

We haven't ended the lockdown yet and whilst they are looking to trial an app they have not said when they will
start easing the lockdown

I think we need to continue with most the measures and put the contact tracing app into operation

The national death ﬁgures are still too high

There is no hint that lockdown is being ended

When u look at the shambles the tories have made of this can u truly trust them? I cant!!!

Lockdown hasn't ended yet so can't say

I think the older/vulnerable to still stay in lockdown but ease it back for those that aren't.

There has been no date of a conﬁrmed “end of lockdown” there will be a staggered phase out which has to be
done in order for life to ﬁnd its new normal. You cannot stay “locked down” forever and also you can’t release
everyone back to normality in one go. By staggering it and doing it in stages it allows an easy back track if cases
spike again.

We will get a second wave if we’re not careful - learn from the past

I don't believe that it's an all or nothing thing. Once the R0 has gone below one and hospitals have capacity to
treat people some loosening does need to happen. Mental health etc is all being impacted it's not between
physical health from Corina virus or economy. It's a very complicated issue.

Wait until the result of the tests. It's too early right now. That's what they're for! (as if you didn't know!)

 Lockdown not strict enough

How many new cases are there in hospital? How many are covid cases at home?

We cannot trust this government. They only do what is best for them.

We need balance the importance of mental health (including not being able to attend funerals of loved ones) ,
education and the eﬀects of reduced other medical procedures.

I’m concerned there will be more deaths now because of CV than of it. Suicides, domestic violence, health
problems etc in the long term

It is ridiculous what Bob Seeley wants to do, he is not even living here at the moment. We are not guinea pigs

Lives are worth more than the economy!

What is the point of the medicine being worse than the cure?

It has been ended so question n/a

I would appreciate information backed up with statistical evidence on when the lockdown should be relaxed
based on health and well-being rather than economics.

the lockdown should be a reducing of restrictions as and when the local NHS is in a position to cope, is should
be a ﬂexible easing and tightening of restrictions

Not enough time yet for virus to slow down. If you open schools especially special school, the children have no
understanding of social distancing, also SEN students need contact, close working skills for understanding
lesson and subjects, some SEN students have personal care and need co ti he hand over/under learning skills.
You tell us who will suﬀer then when a second wave hits the island.

The whole country needs to come out of lock down together

Who says we're ending the lockdown?

better to 'suﬀer' now than risk a second wave

Nothing has been said yet about ending it

we are not ending the lock down yet there has been no announcement :/

 It depends what the science says. We haven't been told when it will end.

We don't know when it is ending yet!

Too soon now but we need to watch and wait for the right data , information etc. and create a clear ﬂexible
strategy.

We need to have a plan for a measured release from lock down.

I feel there should be some easing of measures but not and end to lockdown

The public need to maintain social distancing measures and some form of restrictions need to remain in place

The Island is a good 2 weeks behind the mainland with this virus. This needs to be taken into account

I believe there should be some personal choice. I choose to stay home until I feel safer.

fake plandemic

I wasn’t aware we were ending lockdown

We need to move forward with a moderate risk strategy we cannot move from lockdown to zero risk.

I want it ended so I can see my mother in her care home why is it right that a cleaner can go to her room but I
cannot

Ae need to move forward but with clear and strict rules on how.

need enforce the lockdown, too many out for non essentials

Lockdown needs to be in place until it is safe to lift it properly and no risk of a second wave.

Our numbers are still rising over here. More higher numbers in last week

Slow gradual & monitored unlock

The proposed app Will help with ending lock down.

 We will trust what the experts say

Covid 19 is a farce. We don't lock down for ﬂu. Should never have locked down for this.

Are we ending lockdown? We’ve not been told...

None of us are scientists we can't possibly know the answer to that. However would I be happy to leave
lockdown now, no

Its all a shambles, allow people to make their own choices to hide or live in the world

It is not clear when lockdown will ﬁnish so can’t comment

We haven't ended lock down yet.

Depends on how it is constructed

When have they said that they are ending lock down early

We are nowhere near the peak on the Isle of Wight. It is starting to pick up pace in number of cases in care
homes and nursing homes now.

Lots of people are out anyway

Considering our cases were at a low level for so long only the past couple of weeks have they risen no way
should we be out yet. I have a 9 year and 91 year old nan with asthma to think of

We are not really ending lockdown, no one knows for sure as they are monitoring ﬁgures

How can we know if we're ending the lockdown early if the lockdown doesn't have an end date yet? We are
remaining in lockdown for the time being.

Realistically talking of easing lockdown at similar time to countries who locked down harder and Before us
doesn’t seem to make sense

Ease not end

As far as I am aware the lockdown hasn't been ended & doesn't seem to be in the immediate future

 At this moment in time, a full end to lockdown is too soon, but it's not far oﬀ

Until tests are fully available to all it is insane to ease oﬀ

Social distancing and good cleanliness regimes will suﬃce for most. The elderly and Il should be given extra
protection.

Too early for the Island we are behind rest of country

It has yet to reach its peak

Look at antibody test studies and other doctors and professors other than Neil Ferguson and the WHO

It's too soon now but we need to plan for ways to ease restrictions gradually in the near future.

Just need further information on what, exactly, this means. I am worried that people's mental and other health
problems are going unchecked.

If we carry on like this so many businesses will be bankrupt.

We are not ending the lockdown early. The gov might be proposing to trial restarting of some activities and
businesses. It won’t be business as usual!

A global pandemic of a novel virus calls for extreme caution.

It isn't ending yet!

Do not have enough information to make an informed decision in order to answer this question. I do not
foresee the Government abandoning the lockdown in its entirety. I would suggest it's going to be incremental
with regular reviews in case the R rate increases.

We should reopen when it is actually safe to do so.

I am mindful of the special arrangements being proposed for the Isle of Wight, which I ﬁnd very worrying.

As the Island homes a lot of people that fall in the vulnerable category, some of whom are having to shield for
at this time 12 weeks, think coming out of lock down too early is going to mean they will either have to shield
for much longer or face the risks of Covid if there is an upturn in infection rates

If we could get testing to see who has already HAD it then maybe we could relax the rules a bit?

 As far as the government have told us it is not ending yet. Shouldn't until the numbers are going down on the
island and it looks like they are going up at the moment

The numbers are still going UP on the isle of wight

Our death rate is the highest in Europe. We are deep into a,pandemic. Easing lockdown is,an insane prospect
right now

Is it ending????

Nothing has been announced yet so we cannot answer this question

I just want to feel safe coming out of lockdown, I’m not sure I do yet.

People are still dying so it’s too soon.

Way to Earky why can we not learn from others who have done this a deeply regretted it ! Is this more to do
with kill oﬀ as many elderly as possible ! We have been let down from day one wash your hands a sing Happy
Birthday ! A how dare we be used with out our consent were not Lab Rats we have limited NHS staﬀ One Hosp (
born a bred here when I was a kid we had 4 !!!!!!) 100% vote of no conﬁdence ! Next election I can only hope ppl
will remember all this I for one hope every Tory vote are proud of themselves see the error of there ways a
change there thought process next time !

How can they come out of lockdown when the virus is still around ? The only reason government want to relax it
slightly is the nhs at a point they can cope with more. Simples if you start to socialise it will keep spreading.

Lockdown hasn’t ended yet though..

 Should the Isle of Wight take part in a pilot scheme using Bluetooth smart phone app
technology to reduce lockdown restrictions? 
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Any further comment to make
Number of responses: 132
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Unsure if this will work eﬀectively.

This should only be done in a decentralised app, so no personal data is collected by a central agency such as
the NCSC.

The app has not been regulated, again, it is a Tory backhander, and I’m disgusted that Bob has used us to
further his own career

People seem to think the app gives them protect and are acting foolishly because they have it.

We must do all we can. I am proud to have it on my phone

Phone radiation is dangerous

Just as u say I’m unsure how eﬀective it will be in the absence of other track & trace measures. And is it toooo
late?!

 A pilot might slow the implementation of test track and trace, but at least it's a move forward. I may have my
doubts about this app but I'm willing to participate from a sense of civic duty.

I do not think that this will actually help the spread of Covid19, but it potentially helps the government to
collect data

an almost identical Covid sympton tracker scheme has been running for 6 weeks already with 3 million
participants

We all need to do what we can to combat the virus

The island has many features that make it a good place for a pilot.

This is all about an MP who wants to make a career for himself and get a seat on the cabinet. He shows us
once again he is happy to push us under a bus for his own ego.

Someone will have to trial it

Providing there is no infringement on personal data

From a scientiﬁc point of view, it is a good location due to it being geographically conﬁned with limited
movement. However the Island is supposed to have a higher than average older population at 24% compared
to the national average of 17%, therefore more people would be at risk should restrictions be eased and we
only have one hospital to serve a large population.

It’s not to ease lockdown

There are many older people who are not digitally enabled which wont help. There are also many people
without jobs/wages, if the app uses location history to work then it will impact of data costs and battery life on
the phone. Will data be used to prosecute people who break the lockdown rules? What about the poor staﬀ and
children at beaulieu house who have a testing centre right next to them- some of the most vulnerable children
on the island. Will anyone using the app there be told they have come into contact with people with are
positive because they are so close to the testing site??

That lockdown measures will also be reduced has not been stated; the question is misleading.

Elderly population. Inadequate hospital. Our curve is not coming down.

With such an elderly population, how many would feel comfortable signing up to this, even if they have a smart
phone? Also there will be those in the popluation who could falsify that they are positive to cause false
positives for everyone.

 DomCum can ask for what ever he wants. I won’t deliver..

How representative is IOW?

Because someone has to do something

Reluctantly yes as I am concerned about the privacy issues

Not at the expense of lives. This should have been attempted at the forefront of the epidemic AND used in
conjuction with Lockdown. Easing Lockdown to try the app is at the cost of lives.

Don’t have enough info

Nothing against the app just about being used as a lab rat

/Total Infringement on privacy

Why not as we are pretty isolated here

We’d be moaning if we were last

To many risks - people will believe that this signiﬁes an easing of the necessary social distancing and this will
risk the health of others and place too large a burden on our already stretched NHS services.

Someone has too

♂

Carers and keyworkers are opposing this. Why? What do they want to hide!

Phone coverage is too unreliable

Almost replied "unsure"

But initially without reducing the restrictions then maybe for those not in the risk categories.

As I haven’t seen any oﬃcial information apart from the Transport Secretary announcing it on Sky news. Where
is the information for us to make an informed decision?

Our hospital will be unable to cope with a large increase of patients brought about by ending the lockdown
early. An app will not prevent infection it will just give us data on it. We also have a higher than average elderly

 population

I am not being their test subject, end of!

This project is managed by people linked to abuse of personal data during the EU referendum. They’re not
getting my personal data.

Depends on what is being monitored and how

Why not be the leading community to try this? Many other countries are doing this and are much more invasive
than ours. We are an easy controller test as we have ferries etc to control people coming in and oﬀ an island.
There aren’t many other places to be able to try something like this!

Not the right demographic for it, full of elderly

The app is produced by a ﬁrm owned by a friend of Dominic Cummings, political adviser to PM. Same ﬁrm
illegally harvested data on public for tories and leave campaign, no info on how it works, what data stored and
for how long. No data protection. Better and conforming apps out there by no politically associated companiess

Yes however a lot of the island are older residents if they don't use technology how will this be accurate?

What is a smart phone?

Not everyone has a smart phone

Tracing appears to have worked in countries that have the lower rates of infection. What the UK is doing now
isn't working, hence our high infection rates.

No, we have an aging population with only one struggling hospital. Also the island is diﬀerent from the rest of
country in terms of public transport, facilities etc... so would not give the same result as other places might.

Why not?

Happy to be tested as an area and quarentined as a safe zone , this app will not achieve that .

Many people do not have this technology so how is it going to work?

Elderly population with limited tech and tech ability.

Absolutely, this place is a great test environment and we should be proud to pilot a scheme to help the whole
country.

 It is nice to be able to contribute to help with this virus.

Too many elderly people who don't have smart phone. Therefore not reliable.

Again we have not been provided with ANY oﬃcial information on this, only what we have gleaned from the
media.

i do not have the ability to participate

Need more details.

No need for technology as some dont have it, just end the lockdown gradually opening businesses

I feel there really hasn't been enough information about this to be able to make an informed decision

The virus will still spread - only diﬀerence is the stupid people will have their stupid phone in their pocket and
still spit up on street !!

Too many old and vulnerable people on the island.

So many of the older ones dont have the ability to use the app or have smart phones

A large pstt of the Islands community is made up of the elderly and i doubt they have mobiles let alone ones
with bluetooth!

We are a holiday island, so the infected will ﬂock here

You are relying on lots of people using it currently and also there are sk many people on the island with out
smart phones or capabilities of using it

Don't know enough about it

I can understand with our smaller population and one main hospital it could help the rest of the country with
data, however, I do not want us to become guinea pigs for further gain and cause risk to people living here

Look at the age range. Not everyone has a smartphone, so how could this possibly work!

Not had enough information about it yet. I am open minded.

 say no to orwells 1984

Don’t think it would work. We may be a perfect study group in theory but not in practice

With right risk management strategy we could move ahead of the curve.

I want it ended so I can see my mother in her care home why is it right that a cleaner can go to her room but I
cannot

I think it is a good idea but we need more info ﬁrst.

They want to send the children back to school but gow will this app help them? Most people on the island can’t
use technology so how will this actually beneﬁt us?

I think this would be a step in right direction to get things moving again.

Time limit application of App and review to allieviate privacy concerns

Need more information

Vix is very vocal on Facebook with only half the information. If individuals don't want the app, they don't have to
install it. Afterwards, if there's tracking fears, just uninstall it. Yet another example of Vix and the greens
scaremongering with no idea...

If places are needed to trial reducing lockdown requirements, the Island is a good location for this. People must
follow the rules though!

They are two separate things, yes we should take part in mobile app and contact and trace but only lift
restrictions when we know the technology and tracing are eﬀective and the r is very low

Encouraging people to have bluetooth and 4g frequencies on their person all the time is utterly stupid!

I don't believe that an island with such a large elderly population is the right place to do this. Surely it needs
somewhere with a better mix of ages to understand fully the impact of opening up the UK.

Why would i want anyone tracking me or using my device

This is a leading question. This hasn’t been oﬀered and it is unclear what the link between this and lockdown
being lifted will be.

 I think if it is managed correctly the island is the ideal place to trial this. The most vulnerable would remain in
their homes anyway, regardless of whether the IoW exits early. I’ve barely been out of my home since this
began, certainly not to shops etc as I’m a single parent, and I am already ﬁnding the prospect of being able to
do normal things scary-I welcome a slow return and a chance to ease myself back into it. I think it could work
well, as long as the ferry company’s are given the power to question travellers and stop people I.e second home
owners

If we all wore masks, and had this tech, and stayed to the 2metre distance rule we could at least start to rebuild the Island, it's economy and maybe save some big mental health issues.

I think it’s a good idea but I don’t think the Isle of Wight should Come out of lockdown ﬁrst

We all need to be prepared to help to ﬁnd a solution to end lockdown, there’s seems no alternative other than
wait for a vaccine

no info on this app tech. How can we answer this question unless we just go on a vague, ill informed, gut
feeling?

Many elderly residents who probably won't have a clue...

As long as it is voluntary

A thorough contact tracing team would be far better . The island has an elderly population who mainly don't
own a smartphone!

Such a high aged population wouldnt be using technology and the barn door was closed 8 weeks to late. In fact
it is wide open. The damage is done.

Older generations

Alot of information is already taken about us from where we go using our phones. As long as this isn't data that
is overly personal then I don't see an issue

While I don't agree with the app, or the way it is being run, the Isle of Wight is the perfect place to test any
covid-19 related schemes. This is due to the island being an island. Admittedly the population mix is not good
for this due to the high elderly population, but the fact that it is unique where you can easily control/see who is
entering or leaving makes it perfect.

We have a large elderly population. This is too big a risk

It seems like an interesting pilot and way to reduce spread of Covid by getting people you have been in contact
with to isolate should you test positive

 Isle of wight should not be part of a pilot scheme

If handled correctly ie. no incoming traﬃc except emergency and freight on ferries

People shd be told what's happening with their data

What do we have to lose?

If it is controlled as in South Korea it may oﬀer a way out for the rest of the country to resume life. I especially
feel sorry for the younger generation who will have to pay pay.for the deep depression that will be caused if we
don't ﬁnd a solution.

Even if we aren't the ﬁrst, we will eventually have it. If they introduce safeguards then yes, we should consider
it

Due to whom is going to run it not a hope.

No harm in it, but lockdown should end anyway.

Data protection issues

The majority of the Island residents are elderly, and their ability to operate or own a smart phone would not
give true results

track and trace and pcr wont be eﬀective, pcr's are ﬂawed and not meant for diagnosis purposes, antibody
tests and lockdown for the old and vulnerable will be far more eﬀective

Again, need further information explaining exactly what this will mean.

I think its a good idea, my concern is what our data will be used for

This only works if you get the majority of people on it. Older smart phones Blue Tooth lack range. Some people
especially older people do not have a Smart phone. So it is ﬂawed.

We should be part of a trial for the software at least- you don’t have to link this to lockdown or no lockdown

We are not guinea pigs.

We have an opportunity to use our island status to help the whole of the UK and we should use it.

 Yes, if it used to develop tracking prior to reducing lockdown.

Yes it would be a good idea as we are shut oﬀ unlike the mainland. However with an aging population, this may
not be so eﬀective as they may not have phones. It also seems like an invasion of privacy - as after all this is
over we have, in theory, opened ourselves up to surveillance.

Not if it comes from this "government"..

Ferries are still bringing people, the phone App is ‘after the event’, I.e. it does not prevent contamination, just
provides a way of contacting people when someone is showing symptoms.

If we can get everyone to co-operate

Too many elderly and vulnerable who wouldn't be able to access the app

With the amount of the older generation and COVID numbers still rising this would be suicide for some

It is the ﬁrst step towards,experimenting with easing the lockdown. Wrong!!@

Lots of people don’t have access to devices making it ineﬀective

It would be a useful tool.

We have vast numbers of vulnerable people on the Island, only one hospital and fragile supply lines. Choosing
the Island because of its relative isolation is exactly the reason NOT to choose it.

Only if everyone can get tests on demand, only if anti body testing also available and on demand and know if
people have anti bodies does that actually protect them from getting it again ? Also everyone coming to the
island by ferry have to be tested every time they get on the ferry. And only ferry to be used by key workers .
Then possibly we could trial

No way

 When the lockdown eases, how likely are you to go to the following:
Number of responses: 663

162 (24.51%)
226 (34.19%)

Family gathering

198 (29.95%)
75 (11.35%)
53 (8.05%)
133 (20.21%)

Cafe or restaurant

218 (33.13%)
254 (38.60%)
52 (7.95%)
68 (10.40%)

Pub

196 (29.97%)
338 (51.68%)
33 (5.05%)
47 (7.19%)

Theatre or cinema

216 (33.03%)
358 (54.74%)
90 (13.70%)
242 (36.83%)

Garden Centre

202 (30.75%)
123 (18.72%)
19 (2.91%)
43 (6.60%)

Sports event

213 (32.67%)
377 (57.82%)
114 (17.38%)
198 (30.18%)

Hairdresser or barber

156 (23.78%)
188 (28.66%)
57 (8.72%)
88 (13.46%)

On holiday

216 (33.03%)
293 (44.80%)
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 Have NHS workers received the government support they need?
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Have carers received the government support they need?
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500

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90 (13.72%)

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Any further comment to make?
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Neither carers or NHS staﬀ have been provided with proper equipment. Feel like they have not been given the
respect they deserve, it's all talk.

A decade of underfunding and a push towards privatised services has left both the NHS and care systems
vulnerable to a situation such as this. The ability of hospitals operating under trusts to respond to a pandemic
is limited. A government focused only on the economic impact of disaster cannot respond with the necessary
speding in order to reduce the human cost.

And the Government have turned th level of ssupport for NHS and carers into a political display.

I don’t think school staﬀ have received much in the way of support either

Less than the two mentioned above, teachers being played horriﬁcally.

Lack of ppe, funding, guidance. The government talks but doesn't act.

Johnson disgusts me.

My sources in the NHS say this was always plentiful and that shortages were down to local trust. Problems and
nothing to do with central government. This has been used for political point scoring

Israel is a racist experiment

The 2016 Govt. were warned & strongly advised to prepare. They did not. Instead they chose to rid themselves
of chunks of the NHS and underfund the rest. No funding for scientiﬁc/biological research, till it was too late, ie
this March. All too late & NO excuse will cover that up.

The care home situation was so obviously likely to happen, but grossly insuﬃcient consideration or resources
were put into it. It's a sad situation when social care is the poor relation and celebrities / sports people etc are
on immoral levels of income. We have to reappraise our core values.

the lack of PPE and resulting deaths of NHS workes is a shameful statistic forever etched in this governments
record

the government is totally incompetent

Initially they didn’t receive the support they needed but that’s changing I think

The NHS and careers have been so marvellous - and yet the NHS continues to be privatised behind our backs :(

 A lot of Care homes are privately owed so should provide their own PPE as they have the money has change
residents and/ or council a lot of money

Shows the cracks

Disgusted

Lack of PPE and years of austerity

The Government response has been too little too late. However the principle of contact tracing is a good idea to
obtain data to assist in decision making in dealing with this pandemic and future ones.

The country has been failed.

This whole questionnaire is misleading. The trial of the app has not yet been said to coincide with easing of
lockdown measures yet the only question asking whether the app itself being trialled here is a good idea
includes easing lockdown measures. Not sure what you’ll be able to accurately glean from this, Vix.

Re classifying covid to avoid proper ppe was criminal.

This government talk a good talk.. but.. they are Tories.

Many, probs best left for now.

I ashamed of the lack of care oﬀered

I don't think it has been handled perfectly, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Our hospitals have not been
overwhelmed as in other countries. PPE probably could have done better, but this was patchy. Some places
were well supplied. Carers need more recognition as a whole. Agencies are responsible for their PPE and
safety. It's time to look at wages and career progression. A national framework needs to be implemented.

However the time for making political points is not now.

Carers have blatantly been ignored until weeks after the lockdown started AND then care home deaths are
included in DOwning St. brieﬁngs.

Front line workers have been betrayed by those in government.

NOT ENOUGH PPE I had to provide my carers with PPE

 The government have failed us

The government were late to provide the protective clothing - I have doctors, paramedics in my family (not on
the island). But there were many things they got right and it is a crisis so no one is going to get everything
right!

I thought this was about the island being used as a test place for the app. this is all unrelated political stuﬀ so
I'm out

I feel angry about the lack of care for the carers

Most carers work for private companies, what about their responsibilities for providing their employees with
appropriate PPE?

My brother was provided with no ppe in a care home and now has covid 19

The government’s response was far too late and was insuﬃcient. The UK’s industry could have been utilized
more eﬃciently and quicker!

Carers work for private companies - should not have been privatised in my opinion - so it is the responsibility
of the proﬁt-making company to look after their employees, not the govt. Help is needed but the owners should
be taking responsibility and using their proﬁts to support their workers.

Carers have always been ignored and treated bad as people just want to forget the elderly. The home owners
get away with murder and all they care about is money.

The questions about how likely are you to go to places/events when the lockdown eases are stupid. People will
only go to these events and places if they have been deemed safe to go to. Let alone potential for excessive
travel. Going to a garden centre would be no diﬀerent than going to a supermarket for example. If there are
orders in place to control and protect people (customers and staﬀ) then great, let’s support a local company
that has probably been struggling in the present situation and can’t wait to reopen to be able to pay their bills.
Let’s now be so narrow minded with these questions. And the government support of nhs and care workers, I
don’t work in these sectors so I don’t know. All we have to go on is media reports. We aren’t the only country to
have issues with acquiring the correct Ppe and how to deal with this situation but I don’t think any other
government would have done a better or worse job. This is not the time for blame to be thrown around.

More cud of been done for carers

Too many unknowns to start with. Government thought NHS had PPE stocks. NOT the government's fault

NHS and carers treated appalling by government and the lack of provision of suitable PPE

 Support came too late re PPE equip

This government cannot be trusted to do the right thing at the right time.

Private elderly homes charge £1000 per week for clients so they are well able to purchase ppe

No one has recieved the government help they should have expected .

Wearing masks may be needed

This government most deﬁnitely have blood on their hands

My mum is my unpaid carer and during this time she hasn't been with me,8 weeks since I've seen parents so
when lockdown is eased it will be only them I see no friends or going back to how things were before.

The lack of PPE is paramount to murder

The NHS has received more than enough support gunshots and far too much in charitable giving because
people have an urge to "do something" and this has drowned at the voices of the far greater needs of the care
sector and all other charities. The NHS is paid for through taxation after all and had massive debt write oﬀ at
the beginning of this. However, the NHS and again on a far greater scale the care sector have been badly let
down by the government's centralised approach to ppe stock piling and testing.

It’s the carers’ employers to provide the correct support

Highlights even more the need for a ﬁxed link.

I'm ashamed of the way our country has treated its health and care staﬀ.

as I do not work for the NHS I can not determine how supported they feel and as the situation is ongoing we
will not know for some time

Continue support will be need for both working environments

Total sham

I am neither a carer or work for nhs.

My daughter works in care home and we have bought her ppe

 In respect of PPE no

I just hope the government continue to appreciate the NHS and not sell it oﬀ when this is all over

No and they never will, as soon as this is over the NHS will get more cuts to funding

From experience I know that people in care homes pay a LOT to be there. I feel that the owners of these homes
should be funding adequate PPE and not the government/tax payer. Many of these are private enterprises
paying workers minimum wage and making large proﬁts.

It's not just having PPE, it's having the conﬁdence that it will be available in suﬃcient quantity for long enough

There is only so much anyone can do this is a new virus and the NHS staﬀ are doing their job, yes there are
risks but there always have been just not usually so thick and fast :/

Let down with PPE, they should all receive a bonus like the Welsh assembly have given £500 each carer, a nice
and welcoming guesture

Lack of equipment

The government have done what they can in an unprecedented, evolving situation.

They're under paid and under valued

Volunteer carers redeployed need access to PPE when visiting vunreable persons

Unfair to put blame, this is a learning curve for all

Hard to answer both of these as they are black and white. Government have had an almost impossible task to
be empowered to give the support that has been needed. I doubt another party would have done any better.

Matt Hancock is a waste of space and should be ﬁred

Focus seems to be on NHS, but there are millions of non NHS Carers who have the same risks

Support has been patchy and unpredictable but I believe every eﬀort was made to rectify the uncertainty?

I want it ended so I can see my mother in her care home why is it right that a cleaner can go to her room but I
cannot

 All frontline staﬀ have been failed by the government. Pay rises, better access to ppe, mental health services
etc are all needed in my opinion.

I think the government are trying but due to lack of supplies worldwide it has been hard. Lockdown should’ve
been at least a week earlier.

Can we eventually have antibody testing, so we know who is safe to venture out, and who we need to protect.

My comment about Support for nhs is only regarding PPE

Terrible. Slow realisation of needs. And lack of funding for so many years

The Government have done the best they can in this situation. However, reading that stocks of PPE went past
their expiry and were not prioritised to be replaced is disappointing. I hope the experience of this situation will
help them to realise how important the NHS is and our schools. They need to be properly funded. We could
have been better prepared.

The hospitals are empty!

The government have totally ignored the Cygnus report and its recommendations, and have underfunded the
NHS ( and every other public service) since they’ve been in oﬃce

I am a carer, this has aﬀected the homes i work within dramatically. More suppoet shoule have been put in
place from day 1 if this was their desision to shut doors.

Very hard to rationally identify, but everyone should be getting the ppe they need

I think that in any situation you will ﬁnd people who think it’s been dealt with eﬀectively and those who, for
their own beliefs or experiences think it’s been handled poorly. I am impressed overall all with the obvious
preparation for a situation such as this, I feel reassured that ﬁnances have been set aside in case of, and in fact
that food had been stockpiled anyway because of brexit. I think that as a situation that was unexpected and
unprecedented the government have done well. My only criticism is that the seriousness of it wasn’t
communicated as quickly as it should have been-I was quite dismissive of it myself for the ﬁrst week, ‘oh it’s no
worse than ﬂu’ because I knew no better. I think they could have locked us down a week earlier maybe.

I think the tory government are amazing

Same with everything government does, too little too late and DO NOT listen to people doing the job

Most carers work for private commercial companies and they should ensure staﬀ have the right equipment for
their roles not HMGthe government

 Government support has been pathetic

Not only do they need danger money NOW, they deserve a pay rise.

Unpaid carers have had no support whatsoever and in a lot of cases have had what little support they used to
have removed

Lack of PPE and lowering standards of PPE is shameful.

Cannot make a guinea pig!!!

A debacle of unprecedented #populationcontrol. Nothing less

No PPE

Pay rise for them

I selected will avoid on all questions regarding gatherings due to the massive peak in cases there will be as
soon as quarantine lifts. Once I am happy that it is safe for me to interact with everyone, including high risk
people, I will return to visiting gatherings as I normally did pre-pandemic.

This is the same government that have underinvested in the NHS for years

They deserve more

Lack of PPE was such a disappointment, there seems to be lack of strong leadership on the Island to support
care homes as well

People are more important than money. Keep lockdown until less risk keep. It's too early now to make any
decisions review in a month. Death is sad life is important

Questions require too subjective a judgement

PPE and testing are both freely available to people with a will and money to get them. UK companies can
provide both, or at least some of what we need but have not been asked.

The question is too black & white. Other factors have to be taken into consideration such as problems with
supplies due to the fact that the whole world was trying to buy it at the same time. Also owners of private care
homes have a duty to supply their staﬀ with PPE under health and safety regulations.

 Not the governments fault. Noboday realy knew what we were dealing with at the start, they were just too slow

PPE has not been available and any testing done is not to protect the person, it is to get them back to work.

Prison oﬃcers have had NO support is PPE

It is actually abuse the way this Government have treated these people.

I'm a carer, the guidance and PPE provision has been a joke; management and owners have been blase and
have accused self-isolating and ill staﬀ of skiving. It's only by sheer luck that the care home I work in has not
had any cases of the virus.... yet.

There is a void between what the press are saying and the reality.

The gaslighting from the Tories throughout this shit show has been appalling. There is blood on their hands.
This has been a total catastrophe.

Ramping up PPE during a global pandemic and its inevitable competition was always going to be a challenge,
but innovative solutions have been found.

Clapping is great, but what they need is decent pay.

It’s awful that the government are oﬀering £60,000 to families of those workers that have died - why not just
increase their wages and invest money in PPE to stop them from dying !!!!!

PPE unavailable, and yet UK companies say they have it ready/ can make but receive no response from
government.

I think the government have taken a lot of stick for the lack of protective clothing when in fact it is the
individual Hospital Administrators who deserve the anger. THEY are responsible for lack of cover. The
government have done an amazing job in so many areas they should get a bit more support instead of
continued backlashes from all parties. A bit more unity and support would be helpful instead of continual
anger.

Only have information given by media so hard to tell

This government missed the boat in January and that’s cost nearly 30000 lives

Shameful lack of equipment...total scandal on all fronts of NOT providing for our front line care workers

iam a private carer working via direct payments and received no PPE at all from IWCC.

 Shocking let down to think a 99 year old raises money for the NHS staﬀ no PPE interesting as an ex nurse our
PM vanishes with the virus a soon back to work a still a fat guy ! When your very ill ﬁrst thing you loose is your
fat ! All smoking mirrors !

Complete PPE scandal

 If you are a parent or grandparent, how are your children coping?
Number of responses: 655

I'm amazed at how positive they are

198 (30.23%)

Good days and bad days

246 (37.56%)

I'm worried they are falling behind

74 (11.30%)

Too full of energy to be kept indoors

76 (11.60%)

I am concerned about their mental health

97 (14.81%)

They are having the time of their lives

56 (8.55%)

They've learnt new life skills

143 (21.83%)

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222 (33.89%)

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Not much change for one as she was mainly at home anyway. The otherhas suﬀd loss of A-level exams.

However they want to go back to school and can’t understand why not

My son is 36; I care for him as he has a mental illness. There is NO other support.

My children are in their 40s and I have no grandchildren

They are getting lazy

Unfortunately my son has decided to totally turn his back on us so we have no contact with him or our six year
old granddaughter.

Mine aren’t school age, but young adults and live with us, it’s a challenging time for children of all ages

I have primary aged children who are doing incredibly well and are continuing to follow the curriculum at
home and getting enough daily exercise.

Very resilient, not the save for all I guess

 It's been lovely having extra time with them, we have kept a routine and they seem to have adjusted very well

Always home school !

Always on tablets/mobiles in bedroom and don’t go out. Poor health.

Wanting to get back to work, but don't want it to happen too soon for fear of transmission

They are lucky to have a large garden and live close to the woods. I know they would have struggled in asmall
house or ﬂat.

Estranged

The child's mother has used the lockdown as a reason to withhold contact with the father

School need to make support individualised. We just get list of work. And nothing and no reply to individual

They have coped really well. We are trying to stick with a school type structure at home, but with two parents
also working from home, it has its challenges! They are missing friends and family.

Time of thier lives some days other they hate each other and drive me mad

I don’t care if we need to play catch up at school, they’re health and safety is my top priority

They are missing their peers

dont seem phased at all

I am about to become a grandparent, but am upset that my daughter will be in the maternity ward without her
partner there for the birth of her ﬁrst child.

With two family members being safeguarded because of existing health problems I'm terriﬁed for them if
lockdown is eased too soon.

Other

To much pressure from cec to do work when in school my child is treated badly no support and now
threatening to make them go to school on weekend once returned to school.

 Have been impressed with the amount of work provided by schools

I am a student and struggling keeping up with the work load and severely missing seeing friends and teacher

If you are a parent/ grandparent, how much school work have your children
completed?
Number of responses: 633

13 (2.29%)
77 (13.56%)
104 (18.31%)

Primary aged

41 (7.22%)
333 (58.63%)
22 (4.23%)
62 (11.92%)
39 (7.50%)

Secondary aged

20 (3.85%)
377 (72.50%)
14 (2.86%)
16 (3.27%)
Student

30 (6.12%)
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 Should our schools reopen?
Number of responses: 642

Yes - as soon as possible

49 (7.63%)

Yes - some older children

53 (8.26%)

Yes - some younger children

31 (4.83%)

Yes - week on week oﬀ

36 (5.61%)

I will keep my children at home

31 (4.83%)

No - it's too soon

371 (57.79%)

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Early years cannot understand social distance, it's unsafe for staﬀ working with them to have so many in
conﬁned spaces.

I home educate so not too sure about this!

Only for older ones who understand social distancing

My fear is for teachers especially of young children, how can they safely distance themselves? They could
become the next group to fall to the virus and put their families at risk

Year 6, 10 and 11

I don't feel i can make that decision

I dont know

Not a decision I can take

Unsure

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 Those at the end of last year at school, with exams etc to complete should be prioritised, not anyone else.

As a parent i feel its to soon to be sending my 6year old back into school even with measures in place. Worried
if i say no my child will loose her school place

not sure

Would need to be phased - classes prob split into 3... 2 week gaps between attendance like some staﬀ are
doing at the moment

do we know if children ae asympomatic carriers?

I would like to see a much much better at home learning oﬀering - educate teachers on virtual lessons, get
them ringing children in groups and talking through answers and challenges. It’s been exceptionally poor at
our school, others are better, but there should be government led guidelines and the schools should be
accountable.

Very diﬃcult to reopen schools with social distancing particularly primary schools where most kids won't
understand. Maybe look how they can reopen for those studying for GCSE's and A levels

Staggered opening

When it's appropriate to do so, this app will help determine that.

Unsure

Possibly each year go on a diﬀerent day with their own staﬀ bubble

I don’t know enough about situations and school work to comment

Not sure as sons at sen school

They need to open when the impact for our community is safe. This might be next month or next term.

When it is deemed safe to do so. Not having children in school is having a knock on aﬀect on parents ability to
work but it needs to be safe to do so.

I will resist sending them back as we are shieding . However even if we were not , I would still resist .

 It’s too soon- if they reopen and I’m not 100% that it’s safe, I will keep my son home. Social distancing can not be
enforced with primary age children- are they just don’t understand. I feel for the teachers too that will be
potentially subjected to the virus many times over through asymptomatic children and I fear for the children as
although cases in children are mostly mild, the cases that are not mild usually end in tragedy.

We should be learning from other countries on the best way forward.

as i am not a parent of school age children I feel it would not be appropriate for me to speak for them

Too much physical contact will happen, classes are too small to cope with large or even small groups of
students. Staﬀ will then fall ill and schools will have to shut.

May as well wait till September

Smaller class sizes to enable social distancing

There open for key workers anyway, so yes

school should be a resource not a parking /day care facility

Depends on the science

Wait a few more weeks before all go back (after half term)

Unsure

When it is safe to do so with suitable social distancing measures in place .

No point until September now.

Depends how this can safely be managed for both staﬀ and pupils.

As long as it's safe to do so. How will social distancing be enforced in a primary school?? Will school staﬀ be
provided with PPE? Myself and my husband both work in schools, so unsure what will happen if we are
expected to work but the children aren't back full time. With shops and things starting to open up, the issue of
childcare comes up again if those children aren't at school.

Yes. But if they push kids to have vaccines ﬁrst then no. We will home school.

Again it's impossible to say without knowing the science.

 Doesnt bother me, i home ed

Yes, but clearly with social distancing measures, therefore a strategy to ease children back in, and again not
children who have health conditions or parents with health conditions. It is logical for schools to start ﬁrst in
my opinion. Perhaps half days across all years but a mix of afternoons and mornings

I already home educate

Don't know

Not enough info

Depends on age group. It's impossible to get children to stay apart, but those older it is feesible. It is important
that children don't miss out on vital education but as long as this doesn't present a high risk to them or family
members

I really don’t know!

Unsure, only when it's safe

Too soon, I will keep child home

Should open when infection rates fall. And on a restricted time table

If reopen means physical reopening then no

Wait and see how this works out in other countries before making a decision

Staggered, one group one day, another group the next, repeat

yes, unless they suﬀer from pre existing medical conditions and especially kawasaki disease

unsure

This would depend on the individual areas and the current infection levels

Children need to be in schools when possible to avoid a widening of social injustice due to teh discrepancies
between their home environments.

 There has to be a gradual opening of schools and I would suggest that the youngest go ﬁrst, that will release
parents to return to work and start the economy moving. Those in their GCSE years - those that were to take
exams this year to be assessed and granted their grades on their performance in school this year, and those in
the ﬁrst year to be similarly assessed for their grades next year.

Yes at the right time with the right safeguards

As soon as possible but only when it is safe to

Prioritise getting Year 10 and 12 back into school. Plus a closure event for Year 11 and 13

Not sure

Only if it’s safe.

How do you social distance a child in the playground ? It’s so close to summer hols it shouldn’t be before sept

Should be decided by best current evidence not politics!

Open September even that maybe too soon may have to be January - depends if vaccine in place etc ...

Unsure

only if they can phase it for social distancing. Also they should monitor their temperatures and send kids home
immediately if showing illness

Not for children under 7, and rest of years to be on a rota when safe to do so

 How are you coping during the lockdown?
Number of responses: 649

I'm amazed at how positive I feel

169 (26.04%)

Good days and bad days

352 (54.24%)

I'm anxious about my friends and family

188 (28.97%)

I need daily exercise to keep positive

184 (28.35%)

I worry about my mental health

127 (19.57%)

I feel more angry than usual

75 (11.56%)

Keeping busy in the house and garden

243 (37.44%)

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I am able to work from home. I have enjoyed how much life has slowed down and stress has eased (e.g no
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I want to go back to work even with this virus

It's a nightmare. I'm a full-time carer for disabled son and am terminally ill with heart failure. No good days.
Struggle to get supermarket deliveries

I feel more anxious than usual

I keep working remotely and excercise as much as I can, as well as having more time for domestic tasks

Working from.home helpd

I worry about our ﬁnancial future, the company I work for won’t survive ‘the virus and my husband works for a
hotel that’s closed for the foreseeable future, how will we pay our bills?

My wife is extremely unwell and in need of a vital life saving operation. I fear it is being delayed, and also fear
for her going into hospital.

Working full time from home

 Still working daily

Other

Finding working from home very mentally exhausting.

Gaining weight

More stressed about going to work wish I could stay safe at home

Working from home

Im working NHS

I go out for walks every few days to break the cabin fever

I am very lucky, I live by the sea and have everything I need.

Working from home takes up a lot of time, plus looking after children and keeping house in some sort of order.
It's not a holiday.

Fine

Frustrated mostly. But in the grand scheme of things it’s potentially one year and if we stick to it we can live for
many more

Angry with PM and rest of Gov. Incompetitant, patronising

Have been strugglimg with pressure from my dad to see my my children he hasnt been taking lockdown as
serious.

Working from home. Coping ok.

Working

Struggling living 30 seconds from my Mum and step Dad and not seeing them, especially having lost my Dad in
March.

Running a business from home. Work part time at primary school. No free time. Worry about grown children

 My only real anxieties are around the schools reopening too early, especially primary as a parent and TA I feel
it would be impossible for students and staﬀ to socially distance.

I am either homeless of at home hiding . Family unit broken .

Working keyworker

Other

Struggling with health issues unrelated to virus

Surreal

In the ﬁrst couple of weeks it was hard and working in the NHS things escalated fast and was very concerned,
now it has become routine

I’m a keyworker so still working, it hasn’t changed much for me apart from be8ng careful and sensible

Still working so it feels quite normal

At work full time. Good weather helps

I work in theatre in the hospital, my husband works in a garage, no lockdown for either of us.

Not much diﬀerent to normal life ( except the stress of the virus )

Struggling with working from home.

Working in NHS

Unwell - I’ve had a suspected case for 17 days

Need to keep busy

Working at home 40 hours per week

Im worried about my mother isolating by herself!

 Stuggle to motivate and show up for my kids

I'm still working

I’m getting so fat it’s unreal nom nom nom

I need other people

Still working but worried would rather be isolating

I still work apart from when I had the virus

Sleeping most of the day

Keeping busy making fabric masks (free) for vulnerable people and local volunteers etc

I want it ended so I can see my mother in her care home why is it right that a cleaner can go to her room but I
cannot

I'm a key worker so been at work

I’m a keyworker so have worked all the way through.

I am still working

Stressful juggling work and home schooling

I love being at home with some of my family. It's nice to have time to do things together.

I am a key worker working from home so not much change here!

I dont belong in walls

Not getting my studying done

I am anxious about our health

 I love staying at home with my family. We are learning new things together and im able to teach them real
things.

Studying online

Stressed

Working solo, so still working

Keeping busy helping others

Luckier than some as have access to a garden, but even if I didn't feel positive I would know it was for my own
health as well as others I meet including family

I’m a key worker at St Mary’s. I’ve worked every day

Anxiety when out exercise walks

Coping because I’m a single parent and I have to

Key worker. Do out to work

Nothing is diﬀerent

Still working

I am a key worker in the prison service so life has not changed much for me. I am quite enjoying the enforced
down time!

Stopping at home but desperate for long walks - I know I will just have to wait, maybe as long as a year, but
worth it to live.

Missing humans

As a keyworker my life has not changed that much

I’m worried about school, a levels and university

Feel safe at home. Worried about coming out of lockdown

 Surprisingly exhausted just not doing anything much. I have volunteered to do telephone befriending for Age
UK which is helping me to feel at least useful!

Universal credit a joke! Not entitled to anything as had previous redundancy ar beginning of the year, money
went on fees for liquidating my company,so universal credit say were not entitled to no money, mortgage to pay
and 2 kids to feed....bob seely dont care!

Haven’t been out at all. Not even for a walk. Terriﬁed of catching the virus.

Still working full time

Anxious about returning to ‘normal’ lofe

Iam working so iam busy.

Apart from no money loving it

overwhelmed with work

 How do you think your life will change due to coronavirus?
Number of responses: 645

276 (43.13%)
254 (39.69%)

I will avoid crowds

83 (12.97%)
27 (4.22%)
230 (36.05%)
309 (48.43%)

I will spend more time at home & with family

81 (12.70%)
18 (2.82%)
108 (16.85%)
337 (52.57%)

I will spend less money

169 (26.37%)
27 (4.21%)
117 (18.40%)
307 (48.27%)

I will take life at a slower pace

178 (27.99%)
34 (5.35%)
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Life will return to normal

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Number of responses: 168
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The way the government has handled it is a total mess and embarrassment. I'm ashamed. They have a total
lack of respect and concern for the public. For the government to 'celebrate their success' is a total joke.

They were too hesitant/late to lockdown, luckily used my own judgement

Appallingly. It would take too long too say how bad. It has shown what some of us knew - how immoral,
dishonest, uncaring and incompetent they are.

We didn’t lock down quickly enough, guidance has been vague and contradictory and ease of lockdown is too
much, too soon, too quick

Just look at the death toll. In this instance, the stats don’t lie. It’s been so well documented how poorly this has
been handled. It IS criminal. It is embarrassing. I’m so ashamed of our government, and just as bad, the fools
that still believe the Tories have our welfare at heart. Incompetence and lying, we’ve grown to expect. Anything
is possible after brexit. But the self-servatives lack of compassion has surely surprised all but the most
blinkered this time around.

 I just don't understand how lockdown is unravelling at such a pace without seeing what the eﬀects are for each
area that has been lifted

What can I say? They've been a disaster as our death rates show, and have no understanding of how real
people live. My daughter is a professional musician, hasn't qualiﬁed for self employed support but has lost all
her work and will struggle to work abroad for many years as other countries don't want people from England
traveling there.

Johnson and his spivvy friends have fucked up. BIG TIME !

Absolutely wonderfully. Boris is a hero and should be Knighted. Opposition parties are point scoring
opportunists.

Hard to see how UK government could have done worse. Horriﬁed that real number of deaths so far over
60,000.

Belarus was the example to follow

But there are too many political opponents trying to score unnecessary political points ... the government
have done a fantastic job managing an unprecedented crisis

Since they ﬁnally woke up in March they have tried but were lamentably unprepared and failed to act in good
time, ie at the end of Jan/beg Feb. All the signs were there at that time.

To be fair, I think the government have done the best they could but in a reactive fashion, rather than a
proactive one. However, decisions taken too late and refusal to collaborate with other countries for political
reasons (ie EU large scale ordering of essentials) has allowed the virus to take hold. Heart was in the right
place with business loans, the furlough scheme and free school meal vouchers, but delivery has been sadly
patchy. Lastly, we've been grossly outcompeted on the global market in terms of procurement, e.g. reagents
and PPE.

I don't trust this government on anything, period.

mistakes mistakes mistakes

Bit slow to introduce a lockdown and get testing and tracking up and running, but I don’t think any other party
in government would have been better

Yes in some respects but there are key areas where UK has not done well. Late to act, supply of PPE, lack of
tracking early on

 Extremely proud of how the Government has dealt with the situation as it’s so unknown they have been
amazing

Late to act

Indecision. Think we are somehow special and must do things our own way. FFS.

I think they should of acted on lockdown sooner. I think we need to continually prepare for these events

Lockdown was to late and messages were weak

Uk death rate a global embarrassment. Disgusting disregard for front line staﬀ.

They are hopeless. Period.

Initially ill prepared (legacy of Govt austerity policy), hesitated at the beginning (probably Dominic Cummings
inspired), politically motivated procurement failure (due to Brexit) but there is not the usual 'malice of
forethought' in their actions.'

The death ﬁgures are shameful, testing should have been more widely available. Infected people who do not
inform those they came into contact with should be charged with manslaughter.

Not for the bulk of the population they haven't!

Now is not the time to judge

They’ve done there best you can’t legislate for idiots

Shouldn’t have locked down the whole society

Too little too late - historic public sector cuts impacted on ability to respond rapidly, cultural elder care
approach jeopardised this demographic in particular.

We had 3 weeks notice what was coming and they did nothing

Lockdown wasn't quick enough! So what if elderly die!

Failed and cost lives

 I think islanders against trialing the app are being exceptionally selﬁsh. And to be frank from what I have seen,
they are uneducated in their views.

I turn the sound oﬀ the tv when Nick Hancock appears. Can't abide the empty rhetoric.

There will always be things they have done well and things they could have done better. I don't think I'm am
qualiﬁed to determine if they have done well or not. I think an open and transparent, independent inquiry is
needed so that lessons can be learnt

It got better, but the initial response was Insuﬃciently robust and unprepared. I am appalled that we have sent
our key workers into the eye of the storm without the armour they need. Additionally, I am very concerned that
BAME groups have been particularly vulnerable and those from poorer backgrounds. More analysis is needed
to show what groups were most vulnerable . The scientists, Whitty, and co have been excellent, I have much
respect for them.

Too little too late

Propaganda all the way, almost Soviet style. Horrible self congratulatory nonsense spouted daily. Making their
own version of "science".

They have constantly messed up and lied

Apart from for the self employed and ensuring the bus have protective wear

As previously said no one could have been prepared for this. And I think we have done what can be done in
this situation to the best of their knowledge and ability. No one really knows what will happen, for all we know
immunity could wear oﬀ or the virus could mutate and come around again. There is no right or wrong in this,
it’s learning.

Nhs cud done with help early

Waited too long to act

UK gov appalling, all decisions political, contracts awarded to tory donors with no specialist knowledge or have
political inputs to gove, NH S no PPE , daily briefs a party political broadcast of bland banal statements insuiting
the intelligence of countrye

Too late with PPE and lockdown too relaxed

they have done the best jobs they know how. Please problem could have be dealt with better.

We locked down far too late. I don’t trust our leadership. I don’t trust the Government.

 There needs to be an inquiry into how dangerously ineﬀectual the government have been.

Total and utter incompetence...lack of regard for anyone in the caring business and frontline workers.

They have been worse than useless.

But lost 2 weeks with Herd immunity fallacy

I do believe that they have acted with the best interests at that time. With hindsight, I'm sure they'd have acted
diﬀerently, but every country is slightly diﬀerent and it isn't a case of one size ﬁts all.

I’m not sure any other leader would have done a better job. Other than the preparation beforehand.

Too little, too late, let down our care and health workers. Lied repeatedly.

Shocking .

We needed to prepare January the amount of deaths, ppe is appalling when we knew we needed to stockpile
and did not

Too slow to act, a pandemic has been expected for a long time we should have been a lot more prepared in
terms of resources.

The government should of locked us down sooner than they did and maybe we wouldn't have so many deaths,
they have given diﬀerent guidelines all the time so I have made the decision to stay home alone and not see
my family I have many health issues and worry about the future.

Negligence throughout

Lots of positives but with some glaring negatives. It's too early to truly judge and getting to make international
comparisons with the diﬀering data is a fools game currently.

We need an MP we can trust to look after the Island’s nerds unlike the present self seeking incumbent!

Could have been better if lockdown sooner and rules not so vague..

It is a diﬃcult situation with no precedent. I feel whatever they did they would have somehow been
condemned for it

 It's been a disaster from the start, choosing economics over the lives of the population. Then looking for ways
to capitalise from the situation rather than looking for sensible solutions to the issues at hand. Then the lies
and subterfuge. We don't know the truth and we don't feel safe.

Better than the greens would have done.

Too late to lockdown and not hard enough

A travesty,acted far too late and lack of PPE is unbelievable, useless bunch !

Except for testing if you don't drive it's no good

I think they’ve done quite well because no one knows how things are going to progress or what’s going to
happen and when

It's hard to say, personally I dont think a lockdown and ruining people's ﬁnances and businesses was a good
idea and that may end up being a higher death toll from suicide then the virus anyway

Should have closed our borders to non Brits at end of February. Should have enforced people staying in their
primary residence.

Possibly should have gone to lockdown earlier, deﬁnitely should have counted nursing home deaths earlier.

I am NOT conservative but as a Health prof. I think they are doing ( albeit painful) what is best for LONG term (
herd immunity)

Time will tell.

It’s not like the labour or green party’s have ever had to deal with a pandemic.

Should have enforced lockdown bettee

Didn't act soon enough.

Did not arrange for enough PPE and testing early enough

I challenge anyone to do a better job in such a challenging situation.

Do not like repetitive questions from the media

 I believe so at this point

In some ways they have and in some they haven’t. We went in To lockdown too late, care home staﬀ and
residents should have been tested sooner and the Ppe availability should be better

Should have had much more focus on social care

I think ANY Government would have found it hard to please everyone. This is such an unusual situation which
no one was prepared for

Overall I feel positive however, I don’t believe it was taken seriously enough. Didn’t lock down early enough.
Lied about eﬀecting children. Modelling was based on snapshot of data. Lied repeatedly about ppe. Haven’t
looked after all citizens. Council tax should’ve been taken care of for 3 months for working families NOT people
already on beneﬁts which is a disgrace.

Given the sheer scale of the challenges, I have been impressed. Unlike some people I don't expect them to be
superhuman. The daily brieﬁngs have helped me through and I have more respect for the government than I
had before.

More action should have been taken sooner. Threat not taken seriously enough

Matt Hancock says 100,220 test and met his goal, but lied as sent out thousands in the post

idiots controlled by pyscopaths

to a degree

I believe they have done a great job. Boris especially considering all he’s had to cope with

Members of any government are mere humans like the rest of us. They will make mistakes but I believe the
government has tried to do the best they can within their capabilities.

They have done their best in extraordinary times. No one could predict the density of problems this would
create for any governmet

I want it ended so I can see my mother in her care home why is it right that a cleaner can go to her room but I
cannot please can I discuss this issue with someone

Considering the virus came from nowhere i feel that it has been handled as well as it could have been, maybe
just a tad too slowly.

 Some diﬀerent aspects would have been better but how was anyone to know what to do?!?!

They have done the best they can, in unknown territory

Lockdown should have been sooner. It should have been much more strict. it's far too soon to end it yet

Too many NHS and key workers have died.

Mainly, PPE a concern if reporting has been accurate

The ﬁgures are outright lies. It's a ﬁx. Lets end this crap now.

Not sure if any other government would do any better

The government have been a disgrace and other parties need to be more vocal in calling them out.

People are starving, committing suicide, going bankrupt and breaking down while they recieve extra money and
expenses to stay at home, while they make up ﬁgures of covid19 deaths and use scare tactics to keep people in
fear. They havent once educated openly on how to keep safe by boosting ur own immunity through diet,
breaking habits etc

These are "unprecetended times" it is impossible to plan for this.

I’ve been choosy about what I’ve read as I think a lot has been rubbish, journalists have frustrated me asking
the same questions nightly although they seemed to be answered. Boris surprised me I think he’s been a good
ﬁgure head so far.

We should have locked down weeks before we did.

Lockdown came too late

Not totally or quick enough or protected NHS /carers

Dithered and delayed the lockdown costing lives.

They weren’t prepared at all and should have locked down the minute Italy started screaming out warnings to
us!

so much evidence, but the most damming, From Boris.. I shook the hand of all the CV vicims..... and will
continue to do so... he nearly died himself, but how many other died, or died from that???

 Done the best they can. Am not Tory supporter either. Some errors made

Ok in parts

Delay and dither has cost far too many lives. Not that any lives would be ok...

Tbh the whole thing hasn't really aﬀected me as I work nights in a care home

Far too late in taking action. Following WHO pandemic advice of track and trace for a very short time, only to
ditch that idea, for herd immunity. Then realising that was a terrible idea, so have been playing catch up ever
since! This has probably cost thousands of lives!

Very slow to take eﬀective action. Allowed the virus to take hold. No tracking of infected patients. This might
have reduced spread as in Australia an New Zealand. The government must thank the NHS for going way
beyond the call of duty.

The government has let us down,by leaving lick down too late and concentrating on herd immunity.

Most of the time, airports should have been shut down when all this ﬁrst started.

There have been failings but on the whole, they’ve done ok

It's new, don't know what more could have been done. Yes we were behind Italy etc, but at no point have we
had coronavirus patients lying in corridors or on the ﬂoor

All governments have been unprepared. The focus on testing is unfounded. The tests are unreliable

General it's a bit of a mixed bag.

Lock down too late. Claiming tHey couldn’t know what would happen, China , Italy Spain all ahead of us.
However getting the nightingale hospital built was more than I thought they’d manage.

Likert scale is better for those type of question

Lies. The one time in their sorry existence that telling the truth would save peoples lives. They cant even seem
to manage it then. I hope people learn from this in future elections. Lip service does not save lives. Action does.

This is why I am feeling more angry than usual.

 I cannot judge fully until the pandemic is over

Considering nobody knew what we were dealing with, they have done their best

They were unprepared in many ways, probably because their attention was on brexit.

They ignored advise, they thought they new better. Lives have been lost due to their inadequacy, corporate
manslaughter.

It’s not that I’m “unsure”, I think they could have done better, acted more quickly & been more prepared.

They listened to and are still listening to the wrong advice and the incredibly ﬂawed models from Ferguson and
the ever changing advice of the WHO

Absolutely appallingly, other than Trump and Sweden, one of the worst in the world.

I think any government would be criticised for how they handle this. It is a new and unknown situation but I
think this government are doing the best under yhe circumstances

They have totally betrayed us and failed to do their duty - they should be held to account for this - suspicious
that it may be deliberate.

Some aspects extremely well

Tell you in 12 months from now!

PPE planning disasterous. Care home deaths could have been prevented with better plans in place

They have been appalling. Indecisive, vague, fraudulent...they have caused avoidable deaths.

Lack of PEE for frontline staﬀ

Thus far? We need to see all excess deaths, we need to see DV numbers etc before we can judge, but I do
believe that they have inspired British industry to help, have strong procurement skills, have worked with
scientists and universities on testing and treatments/vaccines. I am no Tory, but I am SO glad right now that
we have a young, intelligent government who are appearing to genuinely strain every sinew to deliver against
the incredible challenges a global pandemic causes.

They were slow to lockdown and incompetent

 We didn’t act soon enough

We cannot come.out to fast and be certain this virus ain't gunna strick back and stop all events till next year

It’s a new situation for everyone, they have done all they can under very diﬃcult circumstances.

Too little too late.

Some parts yes and some others no.

It's been an utter, murderous, disaster.

Did not take scientiﬁc advice. Prioritised the economy over people. Prioritised ideology over people. Have not
been transparent with numbers of cases and deaths across the board. Have not provided testing. Were not
prepared for a pandemic. In the early days I feel the lockdown was led by the people, making decisions based
on other countries.

Guidance for "lockdown" very wishy washy and is down to interpretation. As a result its almost as though the
Police have had to enforce the guidance with their hands tied behind their back. Also the message is stay at
open only shop essential items, but stores have been allowed to open and sell any item they stock, for example
clothing, homeware, plants, the range, aldi, lidl, asda, tesco etc which is unfair on the little shops that didn't
sell items classiﬁed as essential that have had to close.

Only time will tell how well the government have done. They deserve a lot more support than brickbats though
- and the ﬁnancial support they have given to so many is amazing - am sure no other party would have given so
much.

Should of lockdown earlier, beneﬁts only seem to be there for the people that know how to ﬁddle the system

Media reports how it is dealt with at national level but one size doesn't ﬁt all. Can't see measures making sure
people are sticking to it

Lockdown too late and not strict enough. no help for self employed husband

No support just lies and excuses

Absolutely shocked at the lies and false bravado when death rates are shockingly high. The tragedy made light
is just evil. Eugenics.!!!

Acted too late, no testing, no PPE in stock, no checks on incoming ﬂights, no clear police guidance, lack of
leadership, don't trust the government

 This is an unprecedented situation that nobody could’ve prepared for. While I think we were a well late with
social distancing and then lockdown etc, I think they have been on it since with some hiccups along the way of
course, such as the PPE situation.

It’s been unprecedented so iam sure there’s been a few problems but on the whole very well I thought.

TORIES OUT !

Too little, too late. The “Eton Mess” government seem to care little for everyday people.

Can only compare with our peers, and it seems like the UK has been seriously lacking.

Just don't know what to believe - worldwide and UK

 What will be your biggest memories from this period of your life?
Number of responses: 641

Clapping for carers

243 (37.91%)

Captain Tom Moore

210 (32.76%)

Speaking with family on video calls

260 (40.56%)

Spending time with family

212 (33.07%)

Feeling lonely and isolated

135 (21.06%)

Queuing for the supermarket

226 (35.26%)

Wearing  face masks in public

78 (12.17%)

Losing a loved one

30 (4.68%)

Other memories

133 (20.75%)
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Working from home.

Anger from the incompetence of the government

My dad getting a cancer diagnosis and my mum having to care for him alone

Our roads sense of community

Anger at the government

How one of the wealthiest countries, a ‘strong democracy’, failed its people and left us with an outrageous
death toll, despite a comparatively tiny population.

Suﬀering exhaustion and massive anxiety about meeting disabled son's needs and concern it would all kill me
as suﬀering heart failure.

Impact on work, improved self care routines

the same days and activities repeated for weeks, sunshine, enjoying the spring, chatting to strangers on walks,
missing sea swimming and the beach.

 Not being surprised that this has happened. And the positive environmental impacts; cleaner sea, clearer sky,
louder birdsong, wildlife reclaiming territories, fewer dead animals on roads. Result! We should lockdown
regularly .

Working from home, trying to create suitable resources to teach my class remotely and wondering how they're
doing, spending most of each day in their cells.

using remote means to do my work, spending less time commuting, more time on domestic stuﬀ

not being able to participate in sport, not seeing people

Feeling helpless and not in control of my own life

The change of pace, which I really enjoy but also the sense of uselessness while the 10% support the rest.

Enjoying quieter life

Online quizzes with friends to ease boredom

Other memories

Missing loved ones

Having to support mental health of family

Work - what has changed at St. Mary's

Working from home

Being scared

Working as a health professional in the community and realising the risks involved and the PPE scandal. Being
uplifted by Islanders incredible generosity and then crushed by others crass stupidity and selﬁshness.

Other memories

The fucktards online

Feeling helpless to inﬂuence

 Feeling disconnected from my parents

Fear

lovely walks

Enjoyed the shopping restrictions much more civilised way of getting groceries

Shopping slots = no shopping. My carer wanted time oﬀ for no reason. Left hungry.

The terrible way the government is handling the whole situation and seemingly getting away with it.

Not rushing

worry of protecting my workers

The surrealness of it all

watching my children adapt and grow

The amount of time spent planning how and where to buy food. How local businesses adapted to sudden
changes.

Worrying about losing vulnerable loved ones

Realising how many gullible people we have in UK

Working from home

Making personal breakthroughs

Enjoying the slow speed of life, learning to enjoy isolation on your own and being happy by yourself

It won't be remembered fondly!

Incompetent government using situation for political gain.

Not working

 How pathetic and incompetent a government can be despite all the signs and warnings over the years.

As l live alone not a great deal has changed....but l will miss the quiet roads...the cleaner air and
waters..around the island.

Having my knee replacement put back again.

Uncertainty

Peace and quiet, no aeroplanes.

Feeling afraid and anxious about government decisions.

Changes at work

the incompetency of the government and local councils. The lack of PPE but more importantly the lack of
compassion from Gov and LC's. Just how many idiots there are and ﬁnally a modern day retesting of Dr. Stanley
Millgrams experimentsproving him not just correct but that nothing has changed since the sixties

The skie without lines , the roads without cars and the people without hurries .

...and sewing scrubs and masks

Online quizzes with friends

Having the sunniest April ever, making lockdown more bearable

The sheer horror of it, the huge death ﬁgures, terror of getting it.

i have not lost anyone, thank goodness but know people who have had the virus, it is the stress of waiting for
them to recover that i will remember the most

Being bored at home and wanting to return to work.

Hard to tell as it’s not over yet

Bored

 Waking locally everyday. Have always walked but not always locally

Fear of exposing myself and my colleagues to known and unknown covid patients

Time oﬀ of work ! ﬁrst time in life

Wildlife, the peace and quiet, the environment

Sticking to the isolation rules while other assholes ﬂout the rules.

Missing meeting friends and my choir

Working hard

Missing my grandchildren but proud of how my disabled daughter , who relied on me a lot to help with their 3
children due to daughters disabilities, have coped really well. Except from home schooling with a year 3 with
poss learning problems but no support from school

Teaching from home using Zoom

Getting to know how funny and adorable my toddler daughter is. I only ever see her when I pick her up from
nursery so she’s Usually grumpy and tired for me. I now know she is an absolute sweetheart. Amazing!!

Working

Work being more stressful than ever. Extreme learning curve

how obedient and unquestioning the public are

Being so unwell

Talking to friends via messenger and what's app

I want it ended so I can see my mother in her care home why is it right that a cleaner can go to her room but I
cannot

The anger and lack of respect by some

People arguing

No internet food delivery slots.

 Up till early hours trying to get a supermarket slot. So glad to be living on iow

Knowing how many idiots have fallen for the mainstream medias lies.

Not being allowed to swim in the sea

How selﬁsh other people are and how neolibralism has become engrained in people.

The peace of the streets and the beauty of the wilderness around due to lack of people, the fresher smell of the
streets as no cars.

Getting rhe house and garden in order.

Enjoying some of solitude

Shock at how stupid people are.

No traﬃc

Feeling angry at our completely useless government

Closing my business

Zoom

Concern for family, as nurses.

Trying to start a business in tourism among all this nonsense!

The peace and quiet and lack of traﬃc

Working for the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service in these strange times.

Staying up to try to get supermarket delivery!

Worrying about extended family.

People learning to appreciate and value the most precious professions

 Horror on many levels

Homeschooling

The stupidity of some people I share a country with

Working harder than ever and trying my best to cope.

Appreciating what we have

Other memories

Feeling anxious because I can't rely on the government to do what's best for everyone

On tbe positive side,the beauty of nature and the lack of traﬃc.

Work

Being unable to attend my own mothers funeral.

Learning how to use Zoom

How much the world is riddled with ignorance

Having other health problems going untreated.

Longing to go for my usual walks and to the beach for water-sports. Anger for those who have died needlessly.

Total change of life

Not being absle to see my terminally ill grandad, and they dont do technology and by the time we are out of
lickdown he will have died

Losing my job, not being able to ﬁnd another one because no one is hiring.

Being called a keyworker as opposed to being considered unskilled

Worrying about food supply.

 Developing my faith and love of Jesus Christ

First being stranded in Ecuador and then being seriously ill with coronavirus and getting no help from the NHS.

New baby

A levels, university

The pointless loss of life.

The exhausting task of attempting to get delivery from supermarkets on line, only to ﬁnd out when they deliver
that half the items are out of stock

Participating in ZOOM Musical events with friends, families and folk groups on the Island and elsewhere these have been brilliant as have the free things available if you look for them on line!

Loved one going to hospital

Going to work

Feeling anxious about forthcoming delivery of baby under these circumstances

Working in a ‘closed’ school

Using exercise to self-medicate for stress of working in NHS.

Concern for others

so many zoom meetings

What other comments would you like to make about the coronavirus crisis?
Number of responses: 182
Text answers:

The government should be held accountable for the way they have handled this.

We have been kept in the dark especially locally

 What a truly horrendous time to be governed by a bunch of self-serving criminals.

Struggling to in understand how the lockdown is being lifted so quickly

It isn't over yet, I think there'll be a second wave soon, and this government will let the poor and vulnerable die
rather than admit they got it wrong.

I believe schools have been asked to open up to more pupils too early and teachers have been hung out to dry
with no protective gear and no social distancing. I’m worried for staﬀ and children.

Johnson is a CUNT !

Will never forget horror & terror when PM announced on TV intention to "let coronavirus run through the
population". #NeverForgetNeverForgive

5g kills

Those with Mental illness need FAR more support. The burden on their relatives is simply unsustainable in the
long term; they often have no other support.

Hopefully it's an opportunity for us all to live more conscious lives and to invest in a more equal /
environmentally sustainable future. I am fortunate not to have lost a loved one and grateful to feel
economically secure - even if my pension fund is losing value by the day. I worry about those who struggle
ﬁnancially and have given a lot more to charity recently. I don't think we realise what it will be like to live with
this disease in the long term.

I hope that this will be a wake up call in terms of environmental impact, though sorry to say I don't feel
particularly positive that this will happen

A less negative survey would have been nice! I am enjoying seeing less cars and more nature, it will be a shame
when everything is back to normal, in a way.

If I believed in Gpd I would say, how else could you get every nation to cut carbon emissions?? But it won't last,
I'm sure.

With the NHS being underfunded for ten years it cannot be expected to cope.

Now isn’t the time for political battles, all parties need to work together to defeat the virus, protect life and work
on building a future

 Please stop with all the negative press on the app, we need to remain positive and come together, this may or
may not help but it’s worth a go, we need to try and support each other though these times, the more people
that download the app the more people it could help, if you have Facebook which you do, or Alexa, GPS, ﬁnd my
phone it’s no diﬀerent and the same privacy rights

I think on the whole we are good are doing what has been asked

I have little trust in government now.

We’ve been doing it wrong. It’s not about the economy, it’s about wellbeing. That’s what should come at the
forefront in the future.

Cooperation between countries are critical during a pandemic, and any political diﬀerences need to be put
aside to obtain the best possible outcome.

The testing site on the island should be moved away from beaulieu house. Seaclose park would be much safer,
especially as it's not right next to a place where the most vulnerable children on the island live, including some
who are highly dependent, some live on oxygen and a lot would not survive if they got ill. There are plenty of
other places they could have put the testing station.

The way out of lockdown requires a contact tracing app. Good that it is being piloted here.

Tory party is a disgrace

Social media and mass media have had as bad eﬀect has the government itself - well, nearly as bad. As a green
voter & nhs worker I have been bitterly disappointed with the green party's local leadership's social media
commentary - I've found it disrespectful and a detriment to the eﬀorts of good hard working people in the
crisis and generally only fuelled an unhelpful self-interested debate rather than the real issues we should be
bringing to light

You guys are *stars*. Thanks.

Shocking lack of concern for frontline workers

A wake up call for humanity in general - a huge opportunity for change - prepared to be disappointed that
people will not awake from their slumber. It appears the ideology of Self First prevails - but I live in hope.

I'm surprised more hasn't been made of the reduction in pollution. Surely our air quality is better. This could
be a spring board for climate change

Do not turn this into a political row - there may be a reckoning down the line but now is not the time. There is
both opportunity and danger in where we are now. Opportunity to re-ignite the economy and realign along

 more sustainable lines, but danger that the freedoms we have had taken away are not fully restored. not fu

Politically, I've never been more angry at all politicians for not speaking out against the PM, Downing St and the
Tory party - Blood is on their hands. I'm livid.

The world needs to use this opportunity to change OST areas of our lives for the good of the planet

It has brought out the best in some and the worst in others.

The worst thing for me is the lack of real local information, it has been diﬃcult to act sensibly in the dark,

Covers up lots of other very important news

I’ve missed the ponies

Let’s get back out there whilst protecting the elderly & vulnerable

Hope it is soon over

The government has mishandled it

Pay rises for NHS hero's

shocking how india and asia and so called third world countries got handle on things much more eﬃceintly

All the countries need to work together and share medical knowledge

Possibly could have been a bit more foresight as we as a country had the beneﬁt of see what had happened in
China, Italy and Spain. It is diﬃcult as no one has dealt with this in their lifetime.

We should have locked down sooner. We should have stockpiled PPE sooner. We shouldn't be bailing out any
business with subsidiaries 'oﬀ-shore'.

I’m really happy that most people have abided by the rules, I am really unhappy that some people haven’t and
have bent the rules to accommodate their selﬁsh personalities.

Shocked at how many people have ignored the distancing rules and have willingly put others at risk doing so.

Until they make us feel safe I’m keeping my son home! Can’t believe we are being used like this... disgrace

 No point doing tracing until we are all being regularly tested- it will give false sense of safety that we aren’t in
contact with anyone known to have covid, but will only be because we aren’t being tested

This time has made me proud to be human again and makes you see how News has always been highlighting
the bad and in actuality there are far more good people in the world and we needed reminding of this

How people/communities pulled together and how much we need our bus as a public service

I'm not a test rat.

It's an experience. Like it or hate it, we don't have a choice. Accept that, and do the best we can, without going
into meltdown

We need to show more positive things that happen not just seeing people moaning and going over the same
questions all the time.

Other political parties should be holding party to account.

if the government end lockdoen they need to be considering if the public are ready. Forcing people back to
work who are scared of the corona virus is only going to make mental health issues for some worse.

I feel that if some people are prepared for our Island to be used as an experimental area, that is ﬁne. It is not
an excuse to ease lockdown though. There are too many pockets where wiﬁ is poor. I am not putting myself
forward as a guinea pig.

We mustn’t come out of lockdown too soon, or it will all be for nothing and more lives will be lost. I’m convinced
that it’s not being taken seriously enough by some.

I voted green, but I don't think all the negativity and constant criticism that you display paints you in a good
light. People are looking for strong leadership not playground spats over twitter !

When will the media focus on the lies told by this government?

It’s at times like this when it shows we have no strong opposition to the Tory government....our political system
needs changing.

It has demonstrated the dreadful inequalities in modern Britain. I'm ashamed to be British.

Thankful we live in such a beautiful place and can walk on the downs without meeting very many folks!

 The limits in our infrastructure as an island and need for investment to ensure we are able to remain onpar
with the mainland

Who wants normal back , not me !

We are a good place to do track and trace due to low numbers but need a more instant test for people
travelling over

Bonuses at the end of this for NHS workers and Carers.

We can not lift lockdown too soon or there will be a second peak, testing needs to made available to people like
me who has had to go to hospital due to continued care as I'm waiting for surgery.

Your questions and suggested answers show clear bias. You should think about survey design.

Thankful for the chancellor help with wages

Could have been better handled both countrywide and locally!

Feel sad that people didn't understand Stay at home. Way too many people out and about.

Wondering after this, swine ﬂu, SARS etc., how long before something is done about China, where they all
originated.

I’ve continued to work full time as a key worker and hardly ever use pubs the only thing changed is not seeing
my grandchildren to be honest.

I pray a vaccine is found.

The worst time of my life.

I feel that as a Country we have so far done pretty well and i am happy with the way things are going in
general, but I am sure lessons can be learned. Mostly we are fortunate that the NHS has not be over burdened
and the that our Government has been so ﬂexible in its eﬀorts to get up through this terrible situation.

A lot of thinking and discussing needs to be done before we come out of lockdown. We can’t aﬀord to lose more
people to this virus. S

95% of the UK population haven't been exposed to the coronavirus yet. It's still out there, and still contagious.

 I understand why the IOW would be chosen for a try out at lifting lockdown restrictions but we do not wish to
be guinea pigs for the Tory billionaire donors.

Feeling let down by local GPS closing their doors feel like it's only hospital's can help

It has had a huge impact on peoples lives, income and the economy, however solution and nature have thrived

A big shout out to all the key workers without them none of us would get through this.

Enjoying longer walks with my dog, less rushing around, strangers saying good morning, better community
spirit

I feel our MP has been slow and ineﬀective. Other MPs (Cornwall, etc) said "don't visit" but he didn't. The only
time we have heard anything much from him is that he wants to have us be guinea pigs for coming out of
lockdown.

I do not believe it is natural but we will never know, i believe it has been 'engineered' to depopulate old/ill etc it
is too focused to be natural

This survey didn't allow for people to provide any positive feedback and there has been some good things as
well as the bad.

The government questions are very black and white, no middle ground. Only conservatives will agree everyone
else will disagree.

So many lives lost and I believe alot of them could have been prevented.

Just want it to end

Hopefully, people will be more appreciative of the work done by NHS and Carers and will be less materialistic

Fed up with the other parties and media trying crush the goverment when it's a time to stand together and not
cheap shots and point scoringg

I think the government have been given unfair criticism from all sides for what is an unknown quantity . Maybe
more positive backing instead of constant negatives would lift all the island !!!! Some ppl have seen not 1
positive ....use your inﬂuence in a better way Vix !!!!

I am recovering from being ill and I think many people don't understand that they are likely to get ill.

The government have done terrible job as has the media.. ordinary people have been great

 I worry that a lot of school children will not return to school, the longer they stay out of school the numbers not
returning to school will be higher.

I feel to take part in any government initiative would make me feel I am doing my part in the crisis

Nothing is forever, we have no rights to keep what we have, time for change

Too much negative press and inter party bitching. We are in this together, unity and support is needed.

We just want this to be over and people to be safe. I do not believe that this is a natural occurance either

Willing for Island to test steps to ease lock down. I am retired so not a problem but economy and work for
younger people is essential. We will suﬀer if unemployment gets even worse than it already was prior to
corona virus.

The crisis has highlighted just how many 'helpers' are out there. In the past it seems the selﬁsh have been
more visible. Now I know there are thousands of decent people in life who go above and beyond.

I think it was made out to be worse than it was but have stuck to the rules,don’t know anyone that has had it

This should teach us that NHS resources and pandemic planning should not have been abandoned in previous
years and this country needs to be more self suﬃcient even if it costs more money

Government has failed

I do feel we will act diﬀerently in the future because of this. Diﬀerent ways of doing things will become the
norm .

There has been an outpouring or kindness and support by the many and, as usual in our modern society, a
individualistic selﬁshness by the few.

Lockdown should have included ALL non essential workers and started 2 weeks earlier.

I want it ended so I can see my mother in her care home why is it right that a cleaner can go to her room but I
cannot my mother is deteriorating in her care home 92 years old asking for me she's stopped eating and yet I
can't see her in case I give her the virus and kill her.... Who made government god. We all talk about health and
mental well being but in not allowing my mother to see me is drastically aﬀecting her mental health and well
being.... Please email me skinnerdenise@gmail.com

I think it has brought out the very best in the majority of people, everyone is pulling together in the best way.

 We are not past our peak and the government must realise this!!!!

The nhs desperately needs to re open for basic care. Diagnosis of serious ailments are slipping through the
net. Things like b12 injections have be stopped point blank, and the corona virus being used as an excuse to
cut these completely. It is an essential injection to many and losing these can cause serious permanent nerve
damage amongst other life changing complications. I feel that the nhs are failing the public by not carrying out
standard care.

As a teacher, I feel very concerned that they are going to reopen the schools too soon. I am isolating (not
shielding) due to a lung condition and have no idea how I could possibly safely teach a class of 4/5yr olds and
have them “socially distance”. It’s just not possible. I am concerned For my children.

I feel it would be wrong for the Isle of Wight to be one of the ﬁrst to come out of lockdown. Our numbers are
rising by high numbers over the last week. At the beginning they said our hospital wouldn't cope yet they want
our island to be guinea pigs.

Don't think we should go back to normal till it's all over not be us the I o w people being on trail see how it goes

I work in a hotel, and am worried about holiday makers coming back to soon, we have narrow corridor's and
some guests before all this stated would come up to close to tell you they have stomach bugs etc, hence
passing on their germs, I'm 63 and have a 70 year old husband who has been quite ill since Christmas with a
chest infection, better now pleased to say, but still vulnerable. Sadly I can't aﬀord to give my job up to protect
him.

Some people never followed the rules, and that's why it kept spreading.

The mental health team are letting service users down who have been in there system before the virus struck!!

The NHS was not prepared

Very anxious about talking about leaving lockdown too early and my husband not being classed as vulnerable
when he is taking omnisuppresents

Ventilators are killing people.

This government has lied non stop throughout the crisis, and have taken decisions based on the views of
unelected, unqualiﬁed advisors. There needs to be a full public inquiry about their handling of the situation,
preferonow!

Antibodies testing ASAP cause we may have had this and be nice to know if 8 can stop being so stressed out

This is an unprecedented crisis and it would be nice to see everyone pull together.

 I just wish 80% was more!

Dreadful period in time

How is the economy ever going to survive, it will produce a new breed of people and the reality of What Fauci
has done and China’s “mistake” of it was, the truth needs to surface

There isn't a coronavirus crisis.

We should not be part of a government experiment.

It would have been a lot more worse under another government

I completely take on board the worries about privacy with this app and the fact that the Island could be a pilot
but if the alternative is to wait for a vaccine (that I personally wouldn’t trust being prepared in such a short
space of time) or to stay in lockdown for another extended period then I think we should help.

More and more people feel this is media hype borvcaused by 5G. Spread in care homes is bad

I feel the tokenism of clapping and the fundraising is taking away the spotlight from our inadequate
government who have been playing with lives and who simply do not care

I'm astounded at how judgmental and nasty people are. I have no urge to associate with anyone outside my
immediate circle.

Wish I had time to make the most of it. Hoping that there will be more of a community attitude after...

It is so easy to see the mistakes made, with the beneﬁt of hindsight. But too little, too late and an NHS and care
service stripped bare, prior to the event.

The UK needs to look beyond national media to understand its place in the world within this scenario

Far fewer deaths than the yearly norovirus yet they don't lock us down every winter for that...

Not impressed with how the government have handled this crisis at all. We should of gone into lockdown
sooner, we should of had enough PPE ready, and measures in place. Fed up of the daily lies we are being fed
from the government, and Cummings involvement in sage talks, and not happy about the Cummings
involvement with the track & trace app, as a result I won’t be using it. I also don’t trust the government with
regard to vaccines. Money over Health as usual. Angry that a 100 year old man not only had to raise money for
the NHS but it took that for him to get some recognition. The public shouldn’t have to fundraise for a public
service like the NHS, the NHS should never of been run down in the ﬁrst place. So angry with this government
right now.

 I hope that life will change for the better. I hope we will all remember the kindness of others. I hope that our
transport focus will change.

I think the Government have done an amazing job, together with Everyone who has kept our Country going

Why has there been hardly any Comms from IWC things like keeping to one side of the street to avoid bumping
into people, more help and guidance for rural and tourism economy. Where is our roadmap to new normal
being put together

Value life please and consider others

I feel let down by government and local services alike. The lack of empathy shown by the vast majority has
been astounding. I will learn from this. It has shown me that I am a good caring person compared to most
others. I will always remember that.

I think the NHS management and structure needs an urgent review

I've just attended my ﬁrst Zoom meeting. I'd never heard of until lockdown. I think it's a shame it's taken this
crisis for us to do things like this we could have been doing for a long time, like working much more from home
and having meetings remotely. But what an amazing opportunity to decrease emissions permanently and
increase our quality of life.

These questions seem politicise at a time when we all need to draw together

No British government could have done better. A lot of decisions were based on our scientist's judgements
more than political.

Lock down should be extended until next year! Economies can recover, but some people won't. Life is more
important than money.

The Govt and the public had to act, but there are signs of national paranoia. We should recognise the risks of
the virus but keep them in perspective.

On a positive note, life has slowed down, loved ones have spent more time together. Families have had quality
time and children have been far less stressed without the pressure of school.

I don’t think the government has been completely honest about face masks. If they don’t protect the wearer,
why are they mandatory for drs & nurses?

Its ﬂawed in everyway. the media are to blame for the absolute panic and hysteria and misinformation stream
and outright lies covered by clever language leading to a state of panic and hysteria all inﬂuenced by incredibly

 wrong models of Ferguson yet again.

It is just ﬂabbergasting how people are still supporting our disgusting Government. I just hope that we stop
abusing the NHS and all other public services. I'm absolutely ashamed to be British at the moment, or should I
say English.

It's wonderful to see people helping each other during this time, but it's a worry to see how quickly people turn
on each other, for example criticising others for travelling on ferries, going out for exercise etc. This crisis
seems to have created a divide

Despair of government and the genocidal intent of those manipulating our world, especially Cummings,
Johnson and Gove.

It’s man made in China’s chemical weapons lab

Very hard to answer some questions. One person's idea of isolation is another person's relief. Personally it
hasn't been a hardship . Both 60+ shopping once a week/fortnight or having food delivered not a hardship.
Both ex forces so have experienced harder times.

Businesses need to open, even if with special measures. People know how to socially distance now.

A lot of assumptions have been made in this survey. If and when a lockdown is eased (not ended) I will do as I
am told about where to go and when. I will practise social distancing

People need to stop behaving like this is settling down. It isn't. People also need to stop using the term, 'When
things go back to normal.' Things need to adapt and shift, or this WILL happen again.

I do have some concerns that civil liberties could be an ongoing issue

This is not the time for hammering every move the government makes.

A once in a generation opportunity to review our lifestyle and values not to be wasted.

There has to be a public enquiry when the crisis is more under control.

It’s ruined my wedding plans

Analysis of the situation is too soon, we have only just reached the end of the ﬁrst phase.

I do not think the Islanders should be used as Guinea Pigs I for one will refuse to come out of lockdown until it
is safe

 Please don't let us be guinea pigs!

Public inquiry now, into SAGE and cabinet decisions. Who, when, why?

I have had a good experience in all respects. I am aware there are many, many more who have not been so
fortunate.

Hope what ever the terms of coming out of lock down are made clear and that they can be enforced if people
do not adhere, thus hopefully preventing a 2nd wave of the virus

Be more constructive in criticism of the government - instead of moaning suggest ways to HELP.... just a
thought!

We need as a island to get rid of bob seely. Get a mp that understands true islanders .

Lock down seems to have already ended on the Isle of Wight and no one appears to be doing anything about it.
More people have got it since lock down than before

All shops should be click n collect or delivery only. I would have been happy to go out at anytime during day or
night to collect shopping. Government should have supplied every house with masks instead of a letter.

This island must not be used as any sort of trial. It will be suicidal for a lot of people a lot more lives will be lost.

Cant catch it if you dont go out

My prayer daily is for the sake of ALL THOSE LOST TO US we build a compassionate world to honour our
immense loss.

The lockdown must not be lifted too soon

Coming after 3 years of Brexit, my conﬁdence in this government is VERY low....they say they 'followed the
science', but in the UK the science was wrong...I still am yet to be convinced that the goal of the government
was to keep deaths to a minimum (they just talk about reducing pressure on the NHS as a goal)

Maybe give the key workers a pay rise and IWCC be more in touch with your care staﬀ needs during a crisis like
this.

The IOW feels like a cage a we’re Lab Rats ! We have NOT been consulted the Island has never got anything
positive to be “Special “ until now