As with many disruptive events the impact and costs are extremely unevenly distributed. I first noticed this back in the 80s as a teenager here in the UK, we we

As with many disruptive events the impact and costs are extremely unevenly distributed. I first noticed this back in the 80s as a teenager here in the UK, we went through a horrible recession with mass unemployment. The 70s were no joke either, but my parents both had jobs which they kept, so we were fine. As it happens I had a great pandemic, we have a nice house with a garden backing on to a park and my kids are late teens. My heart goes out though, if it had hit us back when we lived in a small flat when the girls were little it would have been a whole different story. This is why, while I'm a free market capitalist at heart, I also fully support social welfare and one payer healthcare. I've been very lucky, but many aren't. The idea that all you have to do is work hard and be self reliant just doesn't take into account things that can happen to you that are completely out of your own control.