Nonsense.
When
has the NHS had to deal with winter pressures in addition to Covid?
I’ll help you out - never.
You really believe that anyone fully understands the nature and impact of this virus?
We don't, and the local consultant blog is pretty clear about this.
On a personal front during the initial phase of the disease, I knew two people who died from it, another died after not recovering from it but. Around three months after having it, he was in his 50s, the others were a very overweight guy in his 60s and an old guy in his 80s. I didn't hear of many others that I knew getting the disease, a few, one who posts on here having it badly and 6 months on still suffering the after effects (long Covid?).
In the last few weeks, I know a lot of people who have caught the disease, including a couple in their 80s, the majority in their 50s and 60s, a few in their 30s. None have been hospitalised and some have underlying factors, including excess weight.
I haven't been overly cautious through the year and tried to ignore the scare stories as well as the deny squad. We had street parties during the lockdown, after lockdown I've been to pubs and clubs (not all of my old haunts) and started going to football matches as soon as the friendlies kicked off, helping out at a few of them including the bar.
At the moment I'm shielding after being asked to by a consultant but I'm more aware of the disease around me than ever before, so I'm not sure I'd be going to football and pubs as much I did in the late summer period.
I read the arguments about false positives etc, so there is a problem with the testing, not surprising with the process being handed to such an untrustworthy outfit as Serco. What I never hear from the same sources are that there's also a possibility false negatives, there's no balance.
I realise too that the disease is causing hardship for.many, I'm lucky in that respect, I don't however feel it's worth risking lives in order for non essential industry to be kept open. We don't need pubs, restaurants, gyms, theatres, spectator sport venues etc to be open, we don't need to return to 'normal'. We're a wealthy nation and during a national crisis the country should adapt to suit what's best for all. We're short of people trained in the testing process, how much training does it take and why can't those furloughed/made redundant from other sectors be re-employed and re-trained just for the tasks required for testing this particular virus. There's no need for full lab technician training is there, and once the virus is under control the ailing sectors will once again open their doors and redeployment can take place?
There may never be a vaccine, there wasn't one for Spanish flu and other coronavirus', it doesn't mean we still have them around.
We're a wealthy nation and at times of crisis the way wealth is distributed can be one more apparent to many who haven't particularly considered it in the past. The pressure of that awakening brought about a change in society which took immense pressure away from millions of people, the formation of the welfare state. Donning rose tinted glasses the outcome of the virus could beneficial too. Rather than simply pointing fingers at how places such as the Scandinavian countries are managing the virus (for the benefit of our own temporary personal situation) we could actually look at how they've been able to do that.
A spot of redistribution in the right direction will not only benefit the less well off financially but will ease the burden in the long term of services currently at breaking point to deal with them.
It would be worth asking the social commentators and overnight Covid19 experts what their underlying views are before soaking up some of their propaganda.