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I’m beginning to like the idea of an authoritarian government

It must have crossed their mind that there’s a potential for huge government savings in not having to pay out their pensions any more!

There’s quite a bit of opposition to the governments approach from other medical scientists who question if the “herd” approach will actually result in meaningful immunity. On top of that the latest quotes seem to be that out of the 80% infection rate that they are looking for, about 8 million will require hospital treatment. Well that’s going to swamp the NHS...which I understood was exactly what this approach was meant to avoid!
I’m convinced that is all about money and in particular GDP in the year of Brexit.

Bravo!!!!!!

This is the correct attitude! Unfortunately there are too many that are not taking this seriously enough. I am starting to get seriously concerned, our stocks of prosecco are running out

Just a little perspective to contemplate..

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet's population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans.

And this is what they wore - it's noticeable how much better shape they were in those days compared to the "lardies" of the present generation.

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It seems now that many died from an overdose of aspirin!

I loved the news reports of Italians singing from their windows and balconies last night. I hope you and Alis joined in Peter!
I love the Italian attitude. I can’t see that happening in the UK, I suspect that most people don’t even know the National Anthem these days 🙄

Well in the Uk it looks like most big events are self cancelling without big brother telling us what to do.

The response of an Italian scientist to the proposal of "herd" immunity was that either the advice to the UK Government was bad or misunderstood. Given that the worse effected are predominantly elderly or otherwise weak people this means being prepared to watch thousands of people die. In his opinion this approach is both irresponsible and cynical.

The other interesting thing that he mentioned was that it is now obvious that 20% of those infected do not develop severe symptoms, in other words they are healthy carriers of the virus.

It seems that many people, businesses and organisers of events in the UK are being more responsible than the government. Unfortunately there are also many people who are not prepared to alter their habits.

Our village activity groups are all self cancelling, no one has the appetite for adding to the statistics it's the British way the pragmatic approach we don't need telling.

Stay safe out there wherever in the world you are.