Good morning and how are we after the Easter weekend?
So to have a vaccine passport or not to? Personally I am ambivalent about it, I’ve had my first jab so I can prove I’ve been vaccinated. Amongst all the other passports, tickets and other paperwork one has show one more makes little difference.
Naturally reader you don’t expect me to just leave it at that and I won’t. Firstly having had the vaccine is not guarantee that you won’t get the virus or be a carrier of it! I suppose combined with tests it would be more reassuring but being vaccinated is not 100% protection. Secondly, what of those who for whatever reason can’t have the vaccine or choose not to, should they be restricted simply because they are unable or exercising choice? Admittedly this is a unique and dangerous situation and it could be argued that under these circumstances those who are not vaccinated must be restricted. To a degree this is a mute point. This vaccine has been rolled out faster than any in our history and in many ways has actually done a disservice, in so far, as we will not develop a herd immunity as quickly! We must understand that the vaccines was rolled out this quickly, as much to dampen down the publics fears and to give us hope that there was light at the end of the tunnel!
I have written a number of times in the past that the underlying causes of ill health and the ability to resist all sorts of conditions and diseases is poor diet, lack of fitness or exercise and numerous other factors. I will acknowledge that no matter how fit or how good your dietary habits are this is no guarantee that you won’t catch Covid or any other affliction but surely it you have a greater chance of resistance?
It is easy to focus on a single factor when faced with a pandemic and I am not alone in highlighting the underlying health issues that face our population whether we had faced a pandemic or not. I hope that a crisis of this magnitude will open our eyes to the many avoidable health issues that beset out nation. It is ironic that at a time when we have so many issues to tackle, out health service is overwhelmed and unable to cope even without the added responsibility of dealing with a pandemic. I have already written that radical reform is required to address 21st century problems, we currently have a system that was struggling to cope with 20th century ones!
As is always the case prevention is better than cure and yet even with the best of intentions, we are seemingly unable to learn, in spite of the overwhelming evidence supporting how we could become healthier. I know there are many good people out there who are trying to promote a healthier way to live and there are many people who are adopting or have always lived that way. Sometimes the method can be controversial and we will not always agree and there are some crackpots out there whose extreme views are just plain nuts (no pun intended) but whatever the advice one thing is certain more power to them, if it promotes and highlights the dire need to improve our health.
We will all have our differing opinions on this subject and there will be those who just don’t care or can’t be bothered. Humans suffer from a huge variation of health and mental issues and as we progress we we are developing greater understanding of more and more of them but there cannot be any argument that trying to maintain your health can only be positive!
Stay well
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