Tell that to someone who has been struggling for months on a 20% pay cut, or have lost their jobs altogether. Tell them they are whining.
Seriously some people are so far removed from the reality of others....
I do really feel sorry for people who have lost their job, or had a pay cut. But they still are likely to have a better life compared to people elsewhere in the world, or even some of the poor in this country who don’t even live in what we would call reasonable fit for purpose housing.
Is this some sort of twisted race to the bottom? Insinuating that we should be happy with the past 18 months because others have had it worse is laughable.
Certainly not. Indeed, I want the opposite. I want people to fight against the cut in universal credit that the current CONservative government is intending. The increase in National Insurance is more tax that the poor and the ordinary workers will pay, whilst the impact on those far more able to pay will be minimal.
- Haven't seen family abroad for nearly two years?
- Lost your job, have no income and facing regular visits to the foodbank?
- Has your education been decimated and you are worried for your future with exams just around the corner?
- Scared to leave the house because of constant scaremongering messaging?
- Now suffering from serious illness because you couldn't receive even the most basic of treatment that would have easily prevented it?
If this applies to you then it seems you are nothing but a selfish, self centered whinger.
So seeing family is seen as far more important than their health?
I do really feel sorry for people who have lost their job, or had a pay cut. But look at how some companies were very quick to get rid of their staff. And in this country, we are SUPPOSED to have a good welfare state. So look at which governments have messed the system up. That’s where the blame should go.
Food bank use has been going up at an alarming rate even before anyone in the country had even heard of COVID19.
Yes, the problems with the loss of education time do need addressing. But our schools were struggling before COVID19. They’ve been under resourced for years. And it’s often the children in the poor or deprived areas that suffer the most. Lockdowns have made this worse. But don’t moan here, write to your MP and your council.
Should the NHS have done things differently, I don’t know, maybe. But anyone with any medical condition that they are worried about, should always seek medical help. At the very least, telephone 111 and ask for advice.
Have you heard of a concept called "empathy"? People have been genuinely suffering for an extended period, to label these legitimate concerns as "moaning, whining and complaining" is arrogant in the extreme and frankly downright rude
Yes, I’ve heard of empathy. It’s part of my role to help people who come to me or contact me for help. The difference is I put as much effort in as I can to help them. But here, in this thread, I see little evidence of people trying to help others. They instead prefer to moan about how proposed or actual restrictions will effect them, or occasionally people who they know,
What an utterly selfish point of view, and you think you can call others selfish, take a good long hard look in the mirror.
People have suffered greatly with their mental health, who do you think you are to judge others on how they’ve dealt with this period? I hope no one suffering mentally or emotionally never goes to you for advice.
There is nothing normal about universities and schools being online, children’s mental health has suffered greatly, prior have lost jobs and businesses and haven’t been able to go to loved ones funerals because of restrictions.
By the way 18 months is nearly two years so get some perspective and learn empathy, because you’re seriously lacking in that department.
Me selfish, yeah, right. I selfishly worked throughout the whole of all the lock downs (apart from for 14 days early on when as per government guidelines, I isolated because another family member thought they may have caught COVID19).
I selfishly obtained advice from government websites and my union and helped and advised my fellow workers.
Meanwhile I continued with my role helping people that come to me or who contact me.
And yes, I’m well aware of mental health issues.
On average, at least two people attempt to commit suicide, or go trackside while in a poor mental state, just on the Network Rail Western route alone.
Unfortunately treating mental health is still very underfunded, and far too many people don’t treat the subject seriously.
Of course we don’t want anymore lockdowns. I don’t. And I don’t think any significant number of people do either.
18 months is exactly one and a half years. Not nearly two years.
Oh and back on topic, I don’t think vaccination passports are the solution to anything.