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Originally Posted by denphone
l agree as this is not a time for party politics as this grave crisis and the consequences of it outweigh petty politics.
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Too right Den. I don't like Johnson or the current Tory Government, but this is not the time for politics or any other disagreements of any kind.
A lot of people are saying that the government & the public are overeacting because only a small amount will actually die.
They're now saying that up to 80% will get the virus. Yes, most won't die, but if an enourmous amount of people are incapacitated at any one time (especially if it's found that people who have had it can get it again) before a vaccine is found, society will quickly collapse. Anyone who'se had proper flu knows that you are totally unable to function.
What if there aren't enough experienced people to run power, water plants etc? What if sewage plants, bin collections are affected? Councils have already said that bin collections may have to be reduced or suspended. What impact will rubbish in the streets, or sewage backing up have on an already sick population?
As the chancellor said today, we are in a health and economic emergency and I applaud him for forgetting about Conservative ideology and intervening to try and stop the economy collapsing. Labour were critiscised by the Torys for borrowing so much money to bail out the banks to protect capitalism, yet the Torys are now doing the same thing and going against what they stand for because it's not only the right thing to do, it's the only chance we've got.
Now, if we get through this economically, and suffer many deaths on the way and a vaccine is found, what then for those who survive?
Our debts will be insurmountable, families will have lost loved ones, the streets could be filthy, there could be no power, water, gas,there could be riots and lootings- the government is already afraid of food riots and civil disobedience as it is. Many, many businesses will have closed, so unemployment will be rife. Life will be very different for those who survive.
And if we don't find a vaccine, I genuinely think that we could be facing extinction as a species.