I listened to Charles Walker on Radio 4 yesterday and he pretty much sums up where I'm at (and where I've been since March)
"We just can’t save every life, because the cost to the living is too high.”
“The pandemic is not rampant, this is an illness that very sadly really afflicts the elderly and those with underlying health conditions."
“Our focus should be on protecting them, not limiting the life chances of young people and people of middle age who are responsible for running and owning businesses.”
“First world public services do require a first world economy"
“It does seem the government, for the best of reasons, but mistaken reasons, is trying to abolish death. You can’t abolish death. The fact is people in their 80s and 90s die.”
"The only guarantee anyone has when they're born is that at some stage in your 80s or 90s you are going to die”.
“My real concern is these decisions are mostly being made by the middle aged and well-heeled, paid out of the public purse, so they’re not really going to bear the consequences off these decisions.”
Many of you know I lost both my parents to late diagnosed cancer. Cancer Research today spells out that 3 million people have missed out on cancer screening tests since March due to our preoccuptaions with Covid. It makes me want to scream
"We just can’t save every life, because the cost to the living is too high.”
“The pandemic is not rampant, this is an illness that very sadly really afflicts the elderly and those with underlying health conditions."
“Our focus should be on protecting them, not limiting the life chances of young people and people of middle age who are responsible for running and owning businesses.”
“First world public services do require a first world economy"
“It does seem the government, for the best of reasons, but mistaken reasons, is trying to abolish death. You can’t abolish death. The fact is people in their 80s and 90s die.”
"The only guarantee anyone has when they're born is that at some stage in your 80s or 90s you are going to die”.
“My real concern is these decisions are mostly being made by the middle aged and well-heeled, paid out of the public purse, so they’re not really going to bear the consequences off these decisions.”
Many of you know I lost both my parents to late diagnosed cancer. Cancer Research today spells out that 3 million people have missed out on cancer screening tests since March due to our preoccuptaions with Covid. It makes me want to scream