End the Lockdown
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We have heard the cry ‘scandal’ a lot over the past month. The ‘scandal’ of our care homes. The ‘scandal’ of lack of PPE. The ‘scandal’ over testing.
But the biggest single scandal of this crisis occurred on March 30, when 13-year-old Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from London, succumbed to Covid-19.
Because of restrictions we all demanded be put in place to keep us safe, he died alone. And because of those same restrictions, he was buried alone.
Yes, we should be proud of our collective national effort over the past month. But when we allow our children to die in that way, we have set aside our humanity and taken a step towards barbarity.
So now we need to be honest with ourselves. We need to make a choice. In terms of who we are, who we want to be and just how high a price we want to pay to keep ourselves safe from coronavirus.
And it’s a choice that will have to be made quickly.
Speaking to Ministers last week, it is clear that there will be no Hollywood-style ending to our Covid-19 crisis.
As one explained: ‘People need to realise this thing is just not going to go away. Smallpox is basically the only virus that’s ever been eradicated. Every season we get four separate strains of flu circulating in the UK. And coronavirus is set to become one of them. Theoretically for decades.’
I’m also told the production and distribution of a vaccine is, realistically, years away. As is a foolproof testing and tracing regime.
So over the next three weeks of lockdown, we are going to have to take a long look around, and then take an even harder look at ourselves.
How much longer do we wish to carry this on? Another three weeks? Six? Nine? Three months? Three years? For how much longer do we as a nation intend to cheat death by also cheating life?
Ministers are today facing demands they set out their ‘exit plan’. But we cannot subcontract our own humanity to them.
We have to decide ourselves what risks we’re prepared to take in order to go back to the lives we had before the coronavirus laid its hand upon us.
Because we are going to have to go back. This is not sustainable. We cannot all continue to exist 6ft apart. We are going to have to learn to shake hands again. And hug again. And kiss again.
If there are new dangers that come with that, so be it. But however well-meaning Boris Johnson and his Ministers and their experts are, we cannot continue to live – and die – like this.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8233365/DAN-HODGES-like-longer.html
But the biggest single scandal of this crisis occurred on March 30, when 13-year-old Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from London, succumbed to Covid-19.
Because of restrictions we all demanded be put in place to keep us safe, he died alone. And because of those same restrictions, he was buried alone.
Yes, we should be proud of our collective national effort over the past month. But when we allow our children to die in that way, we have set aside our humanity and taken a step towards barbarity.
So now we need to be honest with ourselves. We need to make a choice. In terms of who we are, who we want to be and just how high a price we want to pay to keep ourselves safe from coronavirus.
And it’s a choice that will have to be made quickly.
Speaking to Ministers last week, it is clear that there will be no Hollywood-style ending to our Covid-19 crisis.
As one explained: ‘People need to realise this thing is just not going to go away. Smallpox is basically the only virus that’s ever been eradicated. Every season we get four separate strains of flu circulating in the UK. And coronavirus is set to become one of them. Theoretically for decades.’
I’m also told the production and distribution of a vaccine is, realistically, years away. As is a foolproof testing and tracing regime.
So over the next three weeks of lockdown, we are going to have to take a long look around, and then take an even harder look at ourselves.
How much longer do we wish to carry this on? Another three weeks? Six? Nine? Three months? Three years? For how much longer do we as a nation intend to cheat death by also cheating life?
Ministers are today facing demands they set out their ‘exit plan’. But we cannot subcontract our own humanity to them.
We have to decide ourselves what risks we’re prepared to take in order to go back to the lives we had before the coronavirus laid its hand upon us.
Because we are going to have to go back. This is not sustainable. We cannot all continue to exist 6ft apart. We are going to have to learn to shake hands again. And hug again. And kiss again.
If there are new dangers that come with that, so be it. But however well-meaning Boris Johnson and his Ministers and their experts are, we cannot continue to live – and die – like this.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8233365/DAN-HODGES-like-longer.html
How do you know? Was I tested? Were you tested? Do you have an immunity? Are you a carrier? Can you get it twice?
Yes, you are.
If anyone in Britain is being denied care, that is a reflection on NHS. In Canada, no one is being denied care.
In other words, you have no rebuttal. You have nothing to back up your bullshit.
Typical blackleaf. When he has to play with the big boys he slinks away with his tail between his legs.
There is no common sense in thinking a novel SARS virus that spreads like wildfire is a 28 Day whoopdeedoo that went away.
Just drifting away.....
US numbers.
6 weeks ago: 332 cases
5 weeks ago: 2,204 cases
4 weeks ago: 18,763 cases
3 weeks ago: 101,242 cases
2 weeks ago: 277,953 cases
1 week ago: 501,301 cases
Right now: 701,131 cases