Coronavirus

Things continue to go from bad to worse in the EU I see.

Any unforeseen circumstances arise, and they cannot move quickly enough to put mitigating policies in place. I suppose by the time they have translated everything into 27 languages, each government has had their say and Germany and France decide which one of them is going to break the rules, events have overtaken them.

These riots in EU countries are a bit worrying - once these things snowball the EU could find themselves seriously on the back foot.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Things continue to go from bad to worse in the EU I see.

Any unforeseen circumstances arise, and they cannot move quickly enough to put mitigating policies in place. I suppose by the time they have translated everything into 27 languages, each government has had their say and Germany and France decide which one of them is going to break the rules, events have overtaken them.

These riots in EU countries are a bit worrying - once these things snowball the EU could find themselves seriously on the back foot.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er7VRZsXMAAWIzS?format=png&name=4096x4096

Quoted from Humbercod

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s.....t-covid-scandal/amp/

Paywalled.
Here's a article you can access:

https://www.dw.com/en/whats-happening-in-europe-with-covid-vaccination/a-56350322

You may wonder how covid may have spread and is still spreading. This may give an indication. As I type a cargo plane is about to leave Doncaster airport, about 40  miles from us, for Paris  France.

Since last Thursday it has been in constant use flying between :-

USA South Carolina
Frankfurt
Reb of Congo
Rwanda
Kenta
Nigeria
Doncaster.

You have to wonder how, if any, people touching any part of the cargo's carried have covid.

Quoted from DB

You may wonder how covid may have spread and is still spreading. This may give an indication. As I type a cargo plane is about to leave Doncaster airport, about 40  miles from us, for Paris  France.

Since last Thursday it has been in constant use flying between :-

USA South Carolina
Frankfurt
Reb of Congo
Rwanda
Kenta
Nigeria
Doncaster.

You have to wonder how, if any, people touching any part of the cargo's carried have covid.

Some countries know how it is spread and have dealt with the causes very well, we have fared worst than any, the answers are there however our Government has failed at every stage to follow best practice and not only that repeated the same mistakes with each wave. If they have followed advice as they claim then those responsible for that advice should be replaced as soon as possible,
Maybe we can get advisers from countries who have dealt with COVID much better.

Quoted from DB

You may wonder how covid may have spread and is still spreading. This may give an indication. As I type a cargo plane is about to leave Doncaster airport, about 40  miles from us, for Paris  France.

Since last Thursday it has been in constant use flying between :-

USA South Carolina
Frankfurt
Reb of Congo
Rwanda
Kenta
Nigeria
Doncaster.

You have to wonder how, if any, people touching any part of the cargo's carried have covid.

Unless the cargo is live animals, the risks of the cargo being infected are tiny.

You can’t stop imports / exports. Not even Aus / NZ are doing that.

Besides, Singapore and Taiwan are major ports and trading hubs for instance and their death figures are less than 50, across both countries. That’s ‘50’, not 50,000, not 100,000 +.

I suppose anybody can stop the spread of covid if draconian measures are put in place. Quarantine, curfews, all life as we know stopping, but what would be the point?

In a densely populated and open country like ours with an ageing population living longer because of the miracle of medical science , with sometimes separate communities who continue to do their own thing, and us not being the most health-conscious country especially when it comes to obesity, then you have to take the good with the bad. The consequences of the lockdowns we have had are going to be horrendous in terms of peoples health and well being over many years to come, and the economy has suffered a huge downturn which will impact the neediest the most.

Only a very small percentage of the 100,000 people have died OF covid but WITH covid; the vast majority are older people with usually a range of other medical difficulties. The cause of death in most is complications exacerbated by covid. Influenza kills millions of vulnerable people around the world, but we cannot put life on hold every time we have a bad virus.

Lets hope the roll out of the vaccine continues to go well and we can get back to normal asap.