Murder

July 10, 2021•117 words

Grant Shapps says that the sensitiivity of the NHS contact tracking app may need to be reduced.

Here's the thing: the virus does not care what Grant Shapps thinks¹ – if an infection is likely at a separation of d for s seconds from an infected person today, it is just as likely tomorrow. Reducing the sensitivity of the app will reduce its ability to protect its users and other people. Doing that will kill some people. Doing that intentionally will kill some people, intentionally.

There is a word for that, Grant Shapps: murder.

In the case of Grant Shapps, the question is also whether he thinks, of course: there is no sign that he does. ↩

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