[morini]

I was speaking to a few Consultants today who reckon a second wave of a stronger strain is inevitable.....they also feel that we have all opened up the lockdowns too early....far too much travel and not enough mask wearing as they think it is airborne and not just touch sensitive......it will never go away while we don't respect it....was one of the Respitory experts comment.....I am now washing all clothes every night that I wear in work .....changing before I come home...phone in a zip bag all day and enough alcohol on my hands to get me pissed for a week.....and all the while Boris is talking about letting football fan's back into stadiums.....unfucking believable.....5 years before any sort of normality returns they think but only if we kill the disease outright.....I thought I had it last Monday but the Endocrinologist that checked me out told me it was the worst dehydration hangover case he had seen......I was well chuffed.

Well, you work in the right industry to know all about this Ian. I really do respect what you and all your colleagues on the front line of health services do in your day to day jobs, you have my utmost respect and gratitude.

The problem is, the covid-19 crisis is obviously not over (by a long way), but there's only so much disruption the world can take before simple, practical  economics takes over. I hate to say this as it will make me come across like an uncaring capitalist git, but the world simply cannot afford to shut down a second time. If the virus gets stronger or gets a grip in a second wave then a lot more people are going to die. Sad but true.

If vaccines are not forthcoming I think it will be a simple decision between vulnerable people dying or populations revolting and resulting anarchy. The concept of "lockdown" will not work a second time. Younger people already ignore all advice.