Over the last few weeks since we returned home we have spent some time looking at all the reports coming in from around the world and appalled at what this Virus is doing to our world. YES the virus appears to have started in China but that is no reason to blame the Chinese as they did not DO IT ON PURPOSE as it has also killed many people in their own Country. China many tears ago when we first lived in Hong was seen from a hill overlooking the border to a small town called Shenzhen where locals risked great danger in reaching the safety of Hong Kong. Apart from the army patrolling the border there were numerous sharks patrolling along the shores looking for swimmers and many Chinese lost their lives this way. And when they did finally ‘touch base’ in Hong Kong they lived in the most appalling conditions on hillsides with shelter from the elements only being tarpaulins or bit of plastic but they were glad to get away from the so called secretive Society. My early business travels to China were also very interesting as we were always warned be careful what you say and do as you are being watched.
In the 2004 Jennifer and I did a two week tour of the most interesting parts of China on a tour organised by The China Travel Company and the tour leaders were very careful to ensure that our holiday was being monitored. On one occasion we wanted to avoid yet another nice garden but just go for a walk and they looked at very suspiciously and made us promise to be back in 30 minutes or else. On two other occasions on this trip we left the tour group to go with some of my ex business colleagues to visit other interesting important tourist sites and again the tour leaders panicked as we were leaving???
Today you can fly to Beijing then rent a car and drive just about anywhere and do just about anything and Shenzhen has changed from random old wooden sheds in to an amazing metropolis of skyscrapers and on the outskirts factories producing the stuff we all buy in shops all over the world. Of course China does have some secrets just like any other country but what I do not like is the blame being attached to a secretive China that told no one about the growing problem of a virus, they did tell everybody once they had established it was a growing problem. This virus perhaps could have started anywhere that bats live?? as the early speculation is that is started with people easting bats in China, that does not appeal to Western tastes but the Chine population have always so. When we lived in Hong Kong their was a saying that people from Chine mainland “ would eat anything with legs, except a desk or eat anything that flies, except and aeroplane”.
Other significant viruses have come from other parts of the world than China and we do not go round beating people up for starting ,say, the Black death or FLU . Another thing that gets me is always the EX… The ex Minister for Health, the Ex Prime Minister the ex this and the ex that, and then you have the so called experts who only complain and never do positive or take action themselves. In the UK they are blaming Boris for everything related like they are blaming Mr Trump, to my knowledge neither Mr Johnson or Mr Trump have a medical degree and so are called upon to listen to experts and you can bet if you put six medical experts in one room they would all disagree with each other in the way forward in solving the COVID19 problem. If you want to blame anybody about the UK response then blame the previous Prime Minister and ex Minister for health and even the ex Chancellor of the exchequer as they all new the results of the test carried out by the NHS to see what would happen in a major virus outbreak and the final report apparently was so bad that it was put in the safe for nobody to see. Had they reacted to this report then the UK may have been better prepared for the current virus handling. Spending money on Aircraft carriers where don't have even the aircraft capable to land on them plus many other military financial mistake has cost this country a fortune over the years, many hospitals could have been built, many more Doctors, Consultants, Nurses et can have been employed for the cost of just one of the aircraft carriers. Quite frankly with so many atomic bombs around the world which people are afraid to use in case somebody tries to answer back with another atomic bomb is also another pointless exercise.
One finals point yet again directed at our famous bogus press is the publishing of reports by EXPERTS who are mostly not named and yet have strong views on how they would resolve the matter or would have handled it differently which is always very easy after the event.
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STAY AT HOME- PROTECT THE NHS-SAVE LIVES
