The thing that worries/ saddens me . Is what treatments are being put on the back burner .... My point being that if we get covid even slightly under control deaths will go through the roof from other illnesses. Sorry , like dave I am not in a happy place right now . Stay safe all .
Not at all, but I believe this thing will be with us now for years, when it could have been properly managed, but there were too many “much more important things” to do instead. Countries who locked down early and hard, provided proper T and T systems and required COVID tests and quarantine on arrival are now reaping the benefits, whilst we’re fighting what looks like a losing battle, with the NHS stretched to its limit (I’m waiting for Spaffer to say we need people with the means to pay to go privately for vaccinations and treatment) and people, apparently in some cases, “bored” with lockdown and ignoring basic rules. Wish I knew a way out, but we’ve allowed it to get into the main population and mutate (Dom Cummings always wanted ‘herd immunity’ - that’s the way we’re headed I fear) and there’s little now we can do but sit it out. I have many friends in the NHS and the feedback I’m getting from them is seriously scary
We all know that we can become ill and die, but recent generations in a country like the UK don't expect to die of a disease you can catch. Antibiotics and vaccinations have taken care of that. Aged 70, I can remember polio, diphtheria, TB and other contagious diseases being around....but they virtually disappeared in my late childhood. Not saying that anyone gets blase about dying of such things, but up to the 60s it was familiar.
I don't really disagree with any of that mate, but I'm talking about going forward rather than past mistakes. There's light at the end of the tunnel, though it may get worse before it gets better in the next week or two.
This only makes sense if every country had shut down completely. It is a British centric view that doesn't make sense on a global scale. What about India? What about South America? Do you think every country can afford to stop running? This disease was always going to spread and mutate.
I think we'll see a huge rise in cancer deaths over the next year or two due to missed diagnoses sadly. I've said all along we won't know the true extent of the cost until years down the line.
Might get a bit crowded, so probably best not. There was a movie wasn’t there, Death Takes a Holiday? Think they remade it as Meet Joe Black, with Brad Pitt.
My dad always says growing up in Wales. Death was normal. Your classmates got sick or fell of mountains or jumped in the harbour when the tide was out.
My dad has found out he has cancer during the pandemic. On the bright side he got treatment quite quickly. However, what has been really hard for him and my mum is that there are no doctors to explain what is happening. He had to wait three weeks to be told by a doctor on the phone how his operation had gone.
Glad he got treatment and hope he comes through mate. There was something like 350,000 less urgent referrals in a 6 month period last year which is incredibly scary.
Don’t be daft, Tom. Are you seriously trying to defend this lot when they knew the virus was here over a year ago, they allowed people to come in from China and Italy (the first two major outbreak centres) with NO checks, tracking or even questions (I came back from south Africa in June and, despite having everything ready to show officials as to where I’d be, etc, was not even asked). Then they failed to implement any effective track and trace despite spending an obscene amount of money on it, ignored pleas from science and NHS, failed to get effective PPE fir front line NHS workers, sent COVID patients to nursing homes ..... Oh yes - they did a fantastic job
Good luck to him, loading. Hope he is ok. Good friend of mine just been told he has the big C in liver and spine. NHS doing a sterling job at CAT scans, biopsies, etc but he’s seriously worried about any treatment being pushed back due to resource issues. Major worry .....
