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“In retrospect, this was not the right decision, but you make that decision with the knowledge you have at the time,” said Flemish Minister of Economy Hilde Crevits (CD&V) Friday evening in the VRT program De Afspraak. She talked about the relaxation of the measures against the coronavirus, announced in September.
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“In retrospect, this was not the best decision, but you make that decision with the knowledge you have at the time. I was not on the consultation committee then, but it would be too easy for me to say now: I would have done it differently. I don’t know, you make a decision with the knowledge you have at the time, and you assume that it is a good decision, ”said Crevits.
Marc Noppen, CEO of UZ Brussel, who also sat at the table, did not agree with the minister. “With all due respect, but there was prior knowledge. We knew what was going to happen, we predicted this, ”he said. Noppen sounded the alarm in July and warned politicians with a graph by Kurt Barbé, who predicted a worrying peak of nearly 10,000 hospitalizations on November 3.
Also intensivist Geert Meyfroidt (UZ Leuven) reacted indignantly on Twitter. “Normally I only do calls to my TV during sports. I noticed yesterday that painful euphemisms have a similar effect, especially when spoken in pairs. “In retrospect” and “not the best decision.”
I normally only do calls to my TV during sports. I noticed yesterday that painful euphemisms have a similar effect, especially when spoken in pairs. “Looking back” and “not the best decision” ????
– Geert Meyfroidt (@GMeyfroidt) October 31, 2020
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