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17-02-2019, 12:40 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
I think we can accept the Minister for Health’s explanation that his ministry made an honest “judgement call” not to inform the affected patients of the data breach back in 2016, and that it was not unreasonable for them to assess then that putting out the information would have caused more harm than good. So there was no (intentional) cover-up. Of course now with the benefit of hindsight, we can argue that they should have made a different assessment in 2016. But as they say, hindsight...
If the government is puzzled why the public is distrustful, they should take a look at their past actions (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/if-the-government-is-puzzled-why-the-public-is-distrustful-they-should-take-a-look-at-their-past-actions.264827/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/if-the-government-is-puzzled-why-the-public-is-distrustful-they-should-take-a-look-at-their-past-actions.264827/).
I think we can accept the Minister for Health’s explanation that his ministry made an honest “judgement call” not to inform the affected patients of the data breach back in 2016, and that it was not unreasonable for them to assess then that putting out the information would have caused more harm than good. So there was no (intentional) cover-up. Of course now with the benefit of hindsight, we can argue that they should have made a different assessment in 2016. But as they say, hindsight...
If the government is puzzled why the public is distrustful, they should take a look at their past actions (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/if-the-government-is-puzzled-why-the-public-is-distrustful-they-should-take-a-look-at-their-past-actions.264827/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/if-the-government-is-puzzled-why-the-public-is-distrustful-they-should-take-a-look-at-their-past-actions.264827/).