Waiting.....

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.

Im lucky to have never felt unsafe in the past 13 months
Same here Watermeadow

But the pandemic didn’t start in India did it? And they were doing ok until the U.K. variant arrived there on top of people becoming complacent.

Watermelon Think yourself lucky you are in a position to complain about the past 13 mths many people have lost loved ones and some that have survived will have life long health problems.
You obviously live in an area where the medical centre is used by such a lot of people,here I can speak to my Doctor mostly on the same day,I made appointment for opticion's on Thursday last and was seen today.
Be grateful you have survived these past 13 mths many haven't.

You can genrally speak to a doctor either on the day or the next day - might not be the one you want, though.
Yes, I have to make an appointment for some order to be put into my birds nest.
Need to have my hearing aid adjusted.
We have been waiting most of this year for Virgin to come to improve the pathetic signal we have in this house - still waiting.
The list is endless for "normal" living.