I have a good friend who is a pilot who charters flights over the GBR. A few years ago (pre covid) prior to a "tourism industry shindig" he was hired to fly some Politicians and Tourism head knobs over the GBR. They witnessed the great extent of the Bleaching. However when the politicians etc returned to the dinner to give their speeches, they completely lied saying,
'We had the great pleasure to see the GBR today and we can report NO BLEACHING WAS SEEN".
