BACK IN THE COVID - The Lockdown Diary Day 1

BACK IN THE COVID

DAY 1.

 

Lock down commenced at 14:00 hrs 18th March. It feels so strange not to be expecting to go anywhere or see anyone for months but I have to say that it feels good to be at a distance from danger especially after visiting Tesco today. The tension and fear in the atmosphere was palpable. However it is not at all comfortable being isolated from our family when they are in danger themselves and under duress and being worried for them all the time but we cannot ignore our age at this time or my own dodgy immunity system. What a bonus social networking is and let us hope that the sun comes out. We are very fortunate in many ways, having such a loving, close by and supportive family but some are not so lucky in their circumstances and I feel for them.

We have spent more than three times our normal bills for the whole month stockpiling in our local Tesco in the last 5 days. It is of course entirely illogical to ask 70 year olds to isolate themselves but not stockpile. We saw through government and Johnson’s incompetence and like most people are looking after ourselves as best we can. The fearful, stricken and tense ambiance amongst the empty racks that stared vacuously back at us was sadly underlined by the knowledge that the fear felt behind so many doors by those not so free and mobile must have been much greater.

Our newly self-inflicted isolation from European co-operation, economic strength, comradeship and joint endeavour could not have been brought home more profoundly than this. It is interesting that the demographic that voted some 70% to leave the EU will also be the demographic providing the majority of the victims of Covid-19.

Schools have at last been shut. Another victory for sensible action and the democratisation of mitigation.

So here we go, newly outcast from our European friends and allies by our own government having alienated and sent back to their European homes a large part of the staff in our NHS and with an already dilapidated, run down NHS deliberately weakened for political ends and people dying as a result. Potentially MANY THOUSANDS of people dying.

Government policy is to reduce and manage an inevitable NHS overload rather than prevent loss of life. I cannot suppress my complete disdain for this immoral, dishonest, mendacious and incompetent government especially when they have the public support of an established church and when so many of them are professed Christians. They are abhorrent to a man.

Our last outing before this lockdown was to a performance of the Wicker Husband. A line spoken by the Old Basketmaker struck me and was used a few times during the musical, he said “Ugliness is not something you can see”. We cannot see it but there is something profoundly ugly about Government and their management of this crisis both here in the UK and in America. We cannot see it but we know its there, we know its ugly and we sense evil.