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It’s a global epidemic. The NHS is funded to run all of these services, but not when 1.5 million people have been asked to shield themselves.
by thomasedwards 7y ago
It’s a global epidemic. The NHS is funded to run all of these services, but not when 1.5 million people have been asked to shield themselves.
- bmsleight_ 7y agoThen supply more funding. People are being made redundant, this should not be just for a person that is boring being inside.
- rubidium 7y agoCapitalism isn't the answer for everything we encounter in life. Being human is sometimes required.
- rexpop 7y agoCompensating workers isn't Capitalism. Compensating owners is.
- thomasedwards 7y agoThe Government is providing 80% of your pay to anybody not able to work. Self-employed measures are being announced soon. Redundancies are limited in comparison.
- grey-area 7y agoInstead of or as well as doing that, they could pay people for volunteering to help the nhs. The other measures you mention are very costly in comparison.
- Traster 7y agoThey're actually not funded to run these services. Before this crisis the NHS was routinely failing to meet minimum standards.