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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 263037" data-attributes="member: 33">The problems you are describing are largely cause by the failures of the Tory Government, not the lockdown. The NHS not being able to cope with dealing with cancer patients as well as those with Covid is largely down to how the Tories have deliberately starved it of resources over the last 10 years. You previously linked the lockdowns with the Tories trying to take away our right to protest but the 2 are not connected; it&#039;s the government not wanting to be challenged on anything that made them introduce that policy, not Covid.You ask how many million have long covid. About 10% of people that contract the virus develop long covid, (some reports suggest it could be as high as 20%)&nbsp; and that includes those who are initially asymptomatic. If Covid is allowed to spread uncontrolled the numbers are potentially could rise to 10% of the population, far from a majority but many millions and enough to make it necessary to take action to stop it reaching this level.You said &quot;We can’t keep on with lockdown simple as&quot; and I agree with you because I can see the damage it&#039;s having on people&#039;s lives and on the economy but where I disagree is on what should be put in place before we lift the lockdown. We shouldn&#039;t risk lifting the lockdown to relieve one mental health crisis to create another potentially worse one. We shouldn&#039;t lift the lockdown to revive the economy in the short term only to create longer lasting economic problems in the future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 263037, member: 33"] The problems you are describing are largely cause by the failures of the Tory Government, not the lockdown. The NHS not being able to cope with dealing with cancer patients as well as those with Covid is largely down to how the Tories have deliberately starved it of resources over the last 10 years. You previously linked the lockdowns with the Tories trying to take away our right to protest but the 2 are not connected; it's the government not wanting to be challenged on anything that made them introduce that policy, not Covid. You ask how many million have long covid. About 10% of people that contract the virus develop long covid, (some reports suggest it could be as high as 20%) and that includes those who are initially asymptomatic. If Covid is allowed to spread uncontrolled the numbers are potentially could rise to 10% of the population, far from a majority but many millions and enough to make it necessary to take action to stop it reaching this level. You said "[I]We can’t keep on with lockdown simple as"[/I] and I agree with you because I can see the damage it's having on people's lives and on the economy but where I disagree is on what should be put in place before we lift the lockdown. We shouldn't risk lifting the lockdown to relieve one mental health crisis to create another potentially worse one. We shouldn't lift the lockdown to revive the economy in the short term only to create longer lasting economic problems in the future. [/QUOTE]

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