Yes, some good points. However, I don't think it's fair to label those who question how this pandemic has, and is, being managed as all "conspiracy theorists who say that coronavirus is a 'scamdemic'". It is both reasonable and necessary to ask questions about whether the Covid response has been proportionate, or not.Originally Posted by noel
I recall how back in February this year Rory Stewart, who had been the UK’s international development secretary, and active during the Ebola crisis, warned how there had been significant excess deaths, greater than those recorded directly from ebola, in those countries affected by ebola but related to other conditions. These were due to the disproportionate focus by international and local west African efforts on ebola. He cautioned against similar consequences in this and other countries and his warning appears to have largely gone unheeded, with just lip-service acknowledgement.
Even the BBC have highlighted the issue:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2...from-the-virus
There are scores of medical papers and other health reports describing the implications of, for example, TB reductions, cancer issues, etc, worldwide, if you search for collateral implications. Yet, in the mainstream media we aren't being offered any clear statistics/information regarding such damage that this apparent over emphasis on Covid 19 measures could be having, in contrast to the near daily Covid 19 figures (deaths and cases).
The NHS, as excellent as it usually is, and related Government Depts. do need to be held to account too. I understand how it's not pleasant when, as Mike's article described, " Consultant Physician David Oliver says it can feel like professional integrity and honesty are under attack", but the public have less deference towards many professional groups now. Let's not forget the scores of hospital scandals, such as Staffordshire Hospital, over the last few decades (anyone remember the arrogance of medical staff at the Bristol Hospital babies heart scandal way back in the 1990s?). In such cases, again and again, the integrity and honesty of many NHS staff were found to be wanting, with gross arrogance, negligence, and complicity, or downright criminality, particularly practiced by some of the consultants implicated.
So let's keep hearing from all sides of the debate - please.
