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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Of course it matters....when a government remove freedoms based on something that is inaccurate in diagnosing something we are led to believe is going to cull ridiculous numbers of the population.....remember those predictions of 4000 deaths every day.
The deaths that occurred were mainly in the elderly, the infirm and those with other serious health issues.
The average age of deaths in these people was 82 years....this country has and average life expectancy of 82 years.
We have gone far beyond the protection of the vulnerable.
Far beyond protecting the NHS....and still we are not released from house arrest.
Everyone has borne some privation as a result of this virus and the government handling of it....those who have heart disease, those who have cancer and have missed not just follow ups, but vital treatment.....those who had to say solitary goodbyes to the people they lost...not necessarily from the virus.
The education lost, the business lost, the self esteem lost, the mental heath compromised.
All for a virus that has a recovery on 99.3%.
Any death is lamentable....but there will be many more deaths....Not from Covid, but from the consequences of how we dealt with it.
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shock and horror, people in their 80,s and above die. when they do i get the impression that there deaths are somehow more tragic than if they had died of heart disease or some form of cancer. said it over a year ago now that we,ll end up having a one disease health service where getting the virus seems to trump the rest. even the bbc give details of the millions waiting for treatment for the other ailments that are still available that have a bigger chance for all ages to die of.