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Stop it. This is bigger than Brexit.

by soVeryTired 7y ago

NullPrefix 7y ago
Stop it because it is incorrect or stop it because it is insensitive?
- arcticbull 7y ago
  "Stop it because it's unimaginable that the UK government is intentionally trying to kill off it's old folks no matter how much money that may save the NHS, in no small part because that would be akin to a genocide for profit"
  - ta999999171 7y ago
    You don't study governments much, huh
    - arcticbull 7y ago
      I uh, ... what
  - netsharc 7y ago
    Have you heard about the Windrush scandal? It's (probably) not about the NHS but more about "we kicked out so many illegal immigrants last year, aren't we great?" (not that these people are illegal immigrants, but hey, let's make burden of proof tests that are hard for them to pass), but, incredible how seemingly easy it is for the Home Office to be heartless to the point of killing people via red tape.
    - gadders 7y ago
      The burden of proof was hard to pass because the Windrush landing cards were destroyed due to a decision made under a Labour government.
  - tiawav 7y ago
    Never blame anything on maliciousness that can easily be explained by stupidity.
Reason077 7y ago
> "Stop it. This is bigger than Brexit." Well, Brexit won't kill anybody (hopefully). But on the other hand, a year from now, the pandemic will be largely forgotten. Brexit will still be going on.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Given the damage this pandemic has already dealt to the world economy, it's going to be remembered for a long time. It'll join black death and the Spanish flu. Brexit, in comparison, will likely end up as a footnote.
  - Reason077 7y ago
    The Spanish Flu (H1N1) killed between 3-6% of the entire world's population. Unlike most other flu pandemics, a large portion of the victims were young and healthy adults. You really think Covid-19 is going to be that bad? The Black Death (Bubonic Plague) lasted for decades, killed more than 1/4 of the world's population and set human civilisation back by a century or more. It took more than 200 years for Europe's population to recover to where it was before the pandemic. Many regions never recovered economically, or only recovered centuries later. You really think Covid-19 is going to be that bad?
    - TeMPOraL 7y ago
      Yes, I think it'll be as bad as the Spanish flu, just with different age mortality profile.

Stop it. This is bigger than Brexit.

NullPrefix 7y ago

Stop it because it is incorrect or stop it because it is insensitive?

arcticbull 7y ago
"Stop it because it's unimaginable that the UK government is intentionally trying to kill off it's old folks no matter how much money that may save the NHS, in no small part because that would be akin to a genocide for profit"
- ta999999171 7y ago
  You don't study governments much, huh
  - arcticbull 7y ago
    I uh, ... what
- netsharc 7y ago
  Have you heard about the Windrush scandal? It's (probably) not about the NHS but more about "we kicked out so many illegal immigrants last year, aren't we great?" (not that these people are illegal immigrants, but hey, let's make burden of proof tests that are hard for them to pass), but, incredible how seemingly easy it is for the Home Office to be heartless to the point of killing people via red tape.
  - gadders 7y ago
    The burden of proof was hard to pass because the Windrush landing cards were destroyed due to a decision made under a Labour government.
- tiawav 7y ago
  Never blame anything on maliciousness that can easily be explained by stupidity.

Reason077 7y ago

> "Stop it. This is bigger than Brexit." Well, Brexit won't kill anybody (hopefully). But on the other hand, a year from now, the pandemic will be largely forgotten. Brexit will still be going on.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
Given the damage this pandemic has already dealt to the world economy, it's going to be remembered for a long time. It'll join black death and the Spanish flu. Brexit, in comparison, will likely end up as a footnote.
- Reason077 7y ago
  The Spanish Flu (H1N1) killed between 3-6% of the entire world's population. Unlike most other flu pandemics, a large portion of the victims were young and healthy adults. You really think Covid-19 is going to be that bad? The Black Death (Bubonic Plague) lasted for decades, killed more than 1/4 of the world's population and set human civilisation back by a century or more. It took more than 200 years for Europe's population to recover to where it was before the pandemic. Many regions never recovered economically, or only recovered centuries later. You really think Covid-19 is going to be that bad?
  - TeMPOraL 7y ago
    Yes, I think it'll be as bad as the Spanish flu, just with different age mortality profile.