Covid is no ‘war’ – and to idolise staff for doing their paid jobs is ridiculous

This unnecessary lockdown supposedly happened to prevent the NHS from being inundated with Covid patients.
By Julie Harris
Published 11th Sep 2020, 08:00 BST
A nurse watches on as an ‘NHS’ mural is painted on the Falls Road in BelfastA nurse watches on as an ‘NHS’ mural is painted on the Falls Road in Belfast
A nurse watches on as an ‘NHS’ mural is painted on the Falls Road in Belfast

Mr Swann’s wild prediction of a multitude of deaths did nothing only fuel fear, panic and cause mass hysteria.

Then instead of pumping miraculously found funds into Covid centres and setting up Nightingale Hospitals, this money should have been spent to build up an already fragile NHS so all hospital resources and services including all out-patient clinics could have remained fully-functional.

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The NHS will undoubtedly be overwhelmed not with Covid cases but patients waiting on fast-growing waiting lists – some waiting years.

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Absolutely scandalous.

Time to change the broken record Mr Swann, before we all become depressed.

Spare us the daily updates of positive tests and deaths.

Why not report the number of non-Covid related deaths or those diagnosed with cancer or some other life-threatening illness?

Are you so focused and obsessed with Covid that these lives don’t matter?

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What about the lives at risk on waiting list; are they of no significance?

Take responsibility as health minister and stop dragging this farce on any longer.

It is long past time for the NHS to be fully-operational.

Time for all NHS support posters, flags, and bunting to be removed from all properties including Orange halls.

It is ridiculous idolising so-called frontline key workers for doing their paid jobs, albeit in more difficult circumstances.

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I can’t recall anyone applauding weekly or displaying support posters and flags for the UDR, RUC (of which my father Jack served), Prison Officers or the Armed Forces.

No special treatment or perks offered here.

These are true frontline key workers, true heroes, who put their lives on the line with the real threat of death with them and their families every night and day.

Let us not forget the lives lost in the two world wars, especially the slaughter of the 36th Ulster Division at the Somme. To liken this virus to fighting a war is a gross insult and grave injustice to all those who died.

Try taking a more positive approach for a change Mr Swann; take advice from Sweden and end this farce.

Julie Harris, Lurgan

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