I am totally shocked by the images coming out from India. It is a tragedy. But I am not surprised.
Having spent quite a lot of time in the country and my wife has spent time working all over SE Asia, including New Delhi which has, I believe a population of over 30 million.
I have seen first hand the poverty and housing conditions that many live in I am really not surprised that this has happened. In the cities and towns there is no room to socially distance. Many live hand to mouth and have no option but to continue to work in crowded and unsafe (in every sense) conditions. Uneducated and illiterate workers of the lower castes migrate to follow the work across the country. Millions attend religious festivals.
Human beings were never intended to live like this crowded into small spaces. I am actually quite surprised that we haven’t experienced a pandemic of this magnitude in the period since the Spanish flu.
Just how much taxpayers money have the Tories wasted
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