As we move into 2022 we all wan to believe that this new year will be better than the last. We want the pandemic to end and to return what think of as our cherished “normality”? I would like to tell you that it will end and that normal service will resume but simply put it won’t! The population of the world needs to be vaccinated in every place and in every country. We need to close down completely and do nothing for at least two months. Isolation is the only way to minimise the effects of this virus. It is the only practical way to get a grip on the numbers of infections and the needless deaths. It won’t happen and it can’t happen but there is no alternative solution that can give us some measure of control. The UK would go mad if such a thing was even discussed let alone implemented! So if we are going to continue the way we are then exactly what is happening will continue to happen. Inoculation is all very well but is not total protection and who knows (I’m sure someone could tell us) when herd immunity will kick in? Our population is going to continue to be infected in large numbers and there will be many who will die. Our NHS, already working beyond it’s limits will be put under further strain and may collapse. It is no good appealing to people, from the the evidence I have witnessed locally there are always those who will continue to risk their and others health by congregating. The “it won’t happen to me” attitude will prevail and the virus will spread. It is a wonder we have not all had it, maybe some of us have and not even noticed?
I apologise if the stark picture I paint is depressing but this is the reality as I see it and as this is my blog I can write whatever I like!
Happy new year
A word to finish on a happy note from Susie Dent RESPAIR (16th century) Fresh hope and a recovery from despair
Stay well
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