Day 269
Inevitably we are in another lockdown, no surprise it was always coming. We should have been in one since before Xmas, as they were in Greece and other Euro states. A blind monkey could have seen what was happening and reacted better. The virus is not the fault of this government, it’s handling of it is. I have said before that no government could do right for doing wrong but this shambles of prevaricating muppets are a disgrace caught between the typical Conservative rock of capitalism and the hard place of the countries safety, they erred the wrong way. Boris and his cabinet waver from day to day like a rubber ball bouncing round a room! I don’t mean to diminish the difficulty of trying to manage the situation but their inept handling has become a joke! I am sorry to say that the younger generations are to a large degree the cause of this “spike” ? The virus was always going to mutate though nobody could have predicted when. One must endorse, yet again, that until we all behave in a responsible manner, we will not gain any control, there is no doubt that the state of the nations health has not helped withstanding the onslaught! As a friend of mine rightly says until we get our health right and habits change, the underlying health issues will continue, with all the associated problems that come with that, virus or no virus!
It has been a cry down the years to change our way of living and there has been much evidence to support it. We have finally banned smoking in public places for very obvious reasons even though for many years it’s effects we’re denied. In my opinion it should be outlawed completely. There is irrefutable evidence regarding our poor eating habits (I’m no angel) especially in regard to certain foods but rather like smoking we take far too long to grasp the nettle and the damage keeps piling up. I have always been of the view that the human race for all it’s progress is disposed to destroying itself in one way or another. I heard on Sunday the 4 babies are born in the world, every second, thats 240 every minute and so on, you do the math. The planet cannot sustain the current growth of the population and in order to do so we destroy large parts of it to feed us! I was heartened to watch Stephen Fry’s program on advances since the 21st century began. There has been much progress in ways of producing food and nutritious food in natural ways without destroying our planet, we must support this even if economic pain is felt by those that currently produce our food. Some foods are just as dangerous as smoking and some more so! There is much talk about how much methane cows produce but did you know the rice paddy fields are one of the biggest causes of it?
The overwhelming emotions at present are those of frustration, boredom, exhaustion, disbelief, confusion, sadness, disinterest, incredulity, fear, loss and a deep mistrust of our leaders! All this and the wonder of Brexit to look forward to! In the words of Charles Dickens opening line of A Tale of Two Cities, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times!” Perhaps the closing lines are also appropriate “it is far better thing I do than I have ever done before!”
Stay well
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