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I've had 3 days of talking to people on the ground, locally & regionally, about where we are with Covid & the lock down, etc. There are good news story of hard work & support to the vulnerable. As I predicted there was no surge of demand on charities over Christmas. Positive...
...tests, sorry "cases," sorry "infections" have doubled. A local manager could not explain why there were no trackable events associated with the escalation. Hospital general wards are "okay" for the time of year. ICU under pressure as long term C19 patients need intensive...
...support. The practical risks in getting vulnerable people over 80 to vaccinations centres, often with limited areas to sit, when such people have not left their homes since March and have muscle tone and anxiety problems, is becoming apparent. All the jigsaw pieces showing...
...that Lockdown will cost more lives than any scenario of those it is allegedly saves are everywhere. Today, I laid my cards on the table amongst people working to alleviate the consequences, & asked if anyone else sees the holes in the SAGE strategy. The response was that no...
...one really wants to go there -"if it were true it would be too depressing". Everyone is mentally exhausted by Covid, those in charities that have kept functioning now have staff that are wilting. We all agreed we would love to be furloughed! But on it goes. I think outside...
...of a smallish group few have the cross cutting experience or incentive to connect the jigsaw together. Hence the 79% pro lockdown figure. But the scale of the social, public health and recession tsunami that must eventually arrive is beyond words.
