“Little help for community health teams. Little funding. No timescales. No transparency. No accountability. No improvement. The ‘plan’ has comprehensively failed so far.”
Sounds familiar.
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It’s tragic that we have to be so focused on a dysfunctional government, their various delinquencies, and their incompetence, as this lack of access to emergency care is one of the greatest threats to the British people.
Todays debate in parliament will not get much attention.
But, all roads lead to a completely useless and malaligned government.
As it stands, the greatest threat to the British People’s health is This Government. So we are right to focus on challenging the government and holding them to account.
People are dying who could be saved. Because this government refuses to support the NHS during its worst crisis.
The bigger question is why?
And as more info comes out about dodgy dealings with private providers, the reality sinks in…it’s simply about money.
Job 1 is not to change your health-seeking behaviour. That is, if you are worried then contact whom you would normally.
The vast majority of Covid, even in vulnerable patients, resolves without event. It can be like a cold or flu and you start feeling better after a few days...
If there is one lesson we should take from Covid so far, it’s that we live in an age of disinformation and political Spin. And it works!
Arguably, the ease in which we are manipulated is one of the greatest threats to humanity and social justice.
Covid is a good example…
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At the point where the requirement to self-isolate if infected was removed in the U.K., over 70% of the public thought it should continue…
…and science and common sense backed this consensus. It makes no sense at all to permit those infected with Covid to spread it freely. Not on an individual risk, workforce, economic, or healthcare burden perspective.
But politicians were desperate for a win, they needed a win!
I will say it again, if you do not want to wait an hour for an ambulance, 12 hours in A&E, days to see a GP, months for your cancer treatment to start, or years for your operation, job 1 is to pay NHS staff properly.
One of the first big questions with Covid was: would getting Covid provide lasting protection against getting Covid again?
Now we know that reinfection is sadly all too common, the next big question is: is getting reinfected a big deal?
Evidence suggests it can be...
It was a big kick in the teeth when we realised Covid is quite good at escaping our immunity and that our immune response to Covid gets poorer over time.
The promise of enduring "Herd Immunity" was, it seems, premature and maybe now quite counter-productive.
Whether the second, third, etc., infection still carries the potential for severe problems is a big question for policy-makers and the public... How much effort should we make to avoid Covid going forward, esp. given most of us have had it and are vaccinated (in rich countries)