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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
People are already confused with 3 tiers, wee Kranky goes 2 better.
It'll all end in tiers [sic]  |
For all her denials it’s just another tedious piece of Scottish exceptionalism of the sort Nats love and can never resist.
The lowest is “Tier Zero” for heaven’s sake ... which is supposedly less severe than the lowest English tier, which is itself called “medium” risk, and yet somehow not actually reflective of zero risk.
Tiers 1, 2 and 3 broadly equate to the English system of medium, high, v. high, and then at the top she’s added a 4th, which is near total lockdown but schools kept open if possible.
All of which amounts to an attempt to claim she is somehow simultaneously more lenient and caring (zero) while also willing to take tough decisions (4).
Tier zero is meaningless because either there’s a risk or there isn’t. If there’s a risk, and there are restrictions of any kind, then that doesn’t equate to zero. Tier 4 is meaningless because locking any city down that tightly without locking the whole country down makes it pretty much unenforceable, unless the police get extensive powers to stop and question people. Otherwise how do you determine who should be at home and who can be out?