Sunday 9th March 2025 is Covid Day of Reflection.

theworriedwell

I thought the daftest thing was eat out to help out. My town had very few cases till that stupid initiative but almost immediately the numbers started to climb and it was months before it was back down to previous levels.

Yup, Sunak was called Dr Death by Witty, with good cause.

Yes but what we are trying to say is that the 'precautions' had a terrible impact on many, particularly the vulnerable. If a pandemic happens against yes I know it would be a different one, I would be much more cautious about blindly following the advice.

What's Covid?

I hope that, when/if we have another pandemic, lessons really will have been learned.

But how many are dying now?
I was always frustrated that I could never see figures explaining how many MORE THAN USUAL were dying during Covid - whether it was from it or with it.

wibblywobblywobblebottom

What's Covid?

Something that has been responsible for the death of many thousands of people . Not something to be flippant about. Imo

IamMaz

But how many are dying now?
I was always frustrated that I could never see figures explaining how many MORE THAN USUAL were dying during Covid - whether it was from it or with it.

There is a weekly ONS bulletin which provides this information. The latest I could see was for week ending 21st February.
‘In the week ending 21 February 2025, 15.8% of registered deaths involved influenza or pneumonia (1,838 deaths), while 0.7% involved coronavirus (COVID-19) (76 deaths).
In the same week, influenza or pneumonia were the underlying cause of 5.2% of deaths (604 deaths), while COVID-19 was the underlying cause of 0.4% of deaths (50 deaths).’
So yes, people are still dying of COVID-19.

It was a time for community spirit where I live! Everybody supported each other! Joe Wickes kept me fit: the allotment looked fab: we listened to our vinyls ; we walked: read: talked more and respected each other; zoom book groups: zoom choir nights!
Then we found out how much money was squandered which makes me sick to my stomach plus the parties 😱

Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing? At the time it was both frightening and worrying but many of those who caught COVID and died in hospital, after being admitted with strokes and heart attacks and the like, may not have survived anyway. But many affected family members just wasn't to find someone to blame.

orly

Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing? At the time it was both frightening and worrying but many of those who caught COVID and died in hospital, after being admitted with strokes and heart attacks and the like, may not have survived anyway. But many affected family members just wasn't to find someone to blame.

You mean that people (like me) who lost friends and relatives in nursing homes just want someone to blame?

I think it is important to look back and learn. I dont think that means people are necessarily blaming, they are trying to understand, and if they are grieving that is a perfectly understandable reaction.

MayBee70

orly

Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing? At the time it was both frightening and worrying but many of those who caught COVID and died in hospital, after being admitted with strokes and heart attacks and the like, may not have survived anyway. But many affected family members just wasn't to find someone to blame.

You mean that people (like me) who lost friends and relatives in nursing homes just want someone to blame?

People like me too whose aunt died from Covid 19 having been admitted with a stroke. There is no way of knowing if she would have survived if she hadn't caught Covid 19 but I am sure it reduced her chances of survival quite considerably. The chances of dying after strokes and heart attacks etc were greatly increased if you then caught Covid 19.

I don't remember wanting to blame anybody. We were all just found the situation very difficult and extremely sad.

My husband died of hospital acquired Covid-19 two weeks before I got my vaccine invitation. He was only 67 years old. He wasn't particularly healthy but nothing serious before that blinking
Covid-19 first year in 2020. He was in hospital the red of 2020 and came out safely. 12 weeks later he was rushed back in with an infected gallbladder, caught Covid in hospital due to exhausted staffing and never cane home. That's what I was reflecting on. As for the the parties, half my town were doing it too. The PPE was the real scandal but you can bet that had the Labour Party been in charge it wouldn't have been handled any better, just different.

MaggsMcG Reading about the loss of your husband to Covid 19 brings home the awful toll of misery the pandemic caused.
You have my deepest sympathy.

Perhaps I should add that Covid is still with us and has by no means been eradicated.