Coronavirus: A Perspective from Britain

Written by Andy Rowlands on March 21, 2020. Posted in Current News

As of Friday the UK is on quarantine in an unprecedented medical lockdown due to Coronavirus, a generic term for a collection of related viruses. The current variant causing all the media panic has been officially termed Covid-19.

Below is a snapshot of the current situation, as viewed from a British perspective.

• Last week, England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, said the peak of the UK outbreak is most likely still 10 to 14 weeks away.
• More than half the cases – about 80,000 – are in China, where the virus originated in December.
• The British government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has said there are probably between 5,000 and 10,000 people infected in the UK at this time.
• He also said that many people will no longer be tested if they are showing mild symptoms. Only those with the most serious symptoms will be given a test in hospital.
• The main symptoms are described as ‘a new continuous dry cough, headaches, shivering and sweating, laboured breathing’. People with these symptoms are advised to self-isolate for seven days, by which time they will have either recovered or been admitted to hospital.

This website gives hourly updates to cases worldwide – https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

This one gives an overview of the UK, and there is a place to enter your postcode to check cases in your town –

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274

It seems those most at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying are the elderly with reduced immune systems, and those with underlying health conditions. ‘Normal’ healthy individuals will probably only have mild to moderate symptoms, and probably 90{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}+ will recover.

Many countries have now closed schools, universities, bars, cafes, restaurants, sports & entertainment venues, tourist attractions and many shops for indefinite periods, cancelled most airline flights & sporting events, severely cut back rail transport, closed their borders and prohibited residents from going out unless it is to buy food or medicines.

On the 14^th, both the Daily Mail and the Guardian carried articles saying a ‘secret report’ from ‘Public Health England’ stated Britain will not see the end of the crisis until spring 2021. The Guardian says “The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalised.” (Emphasis added)

The Guardian article claims the report says

“As many as 80{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of the population are expected to be infected with Covid-19 in the next 12 months, and up to 15{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} (7.9 million people) may require hospitalisation.” (Emphasis added)

The article quotes Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia:

“A year is entirely plausible, But that figure isn’t well appreciated or understood,” and “I think it will dip in the summer, towards the end of June, and come back in November, in the way that usual seasonal flu does. I think it will be around forever, but become less severe over time, as immunity builds up.” (Emphasis added)

The article further states

‘A senior NHS figure involved in preparing for the growing “surge” in patients whose lives are being put at risk by Covid-19 said an 80{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} infection rate could lead to more than half a million people dying. (Emphasis added)

If the mortality rate turns out to be the 1{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} many experts are using as their working assumption then that would mean 531,100 deaths. But if Whitty’s insistence that the rate will be closer to 0.6{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} proves accurate, then that would involve 318,660 people dying.’

The article ends by saying

‘After the peak, case numbers and deaths are expected to drop for 10 weeks or more, until they reach a fairly low level, which may not be zero. In the summer months especially, the case numbers are expected to reduce because people spend more time out of doors and are less likely to be confined at close quarters in small rooms in a house or office with people who are infected. (Emphasis added)

There is still a worry that the virus could resurge in the autumn or winter months, which means planning for the long term will be necessary. Until a vaccine is developed, perhaps in 18 months, health planners cannot be sure of being able to protect people from the disease.’ (Emphasis added)

Going by this article, it seems we should expect a minimum of a third of a million deaths in the UK  by the end of this year. It is interesting to note there is no link in the article to the actual report, or even a photograph of it, so we only have the word of the Guardian about what they claim to have seen. The article can be seen here:-

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/uk-coronavirus-crisis-to-last-until-spring-2021-and-could-see-79m-hospitalised?fbclid=IwAR2WLR_HBfpdFm2lDB40hdDSn6abYZIJ1URLJUlGWH8ybwpeNiz8ruaHYfI

On March 15^th, The Telegraph reported a document produced by the

‘…civil protection department of the Piedmont region…’ of Italy states ‘Should it become impossible to provide all patients with intensive care services, it will be necessary to apply criteria for access to intensive treatment, which depends on the limited resources available.’ and ‘The criteria for access to intensive therapy in cases of emergency must include age of less than 80…’

This effectively means almost no-one over 80 in Italy will be treated if they become ill from the Covid virus.

The article can be seen here:-

https://news.yahoo.com/italians-over-80-left-die-151225888.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb

On the 18^th, Climate Change Dispatch carried an article revealing how more people are extolling the virtues of the Covid virus on ‘carbon emissions’. Quote from the article:

‘What an opportunity! Air travel curtailed, world trade slowed, fossil fuel use in decline, growth falling, people staying home and not using their carbon-emitting vehicles – a textbook demonstration of the benefits of carbon control policy.‘

There has been panic buying in most shops in the UK, with many now devoid of toilet paper, pasta(!) canned & frozen goods and bottled water, liquid handwash and soap. People are reporting some shops have massively hiked prices on certain essential products.

If the bans on sports events, pubs, restaurants etc remain in force in the UK for more than a few weeks, most of them will go out of business and never re-open. Already some British airlines and privatised rail companies are facing bankruptcy because of the dramatic drop in passenger numbers.

Tourist attractions and places like theme parks & heritage railways will most likely cease trading if they have to remain closed for several months, and may never open again. The same will apply to pubs and restaurants. I have been speaking to shop owners, and they all tell me pretty much the same; that if they are forced to close for more than two or three weeks, they will likely go out of business.

It has been reported that French President Emmanuel Macron has suspended prices of water bills, energy bills and rent across France, and has issued a pledge to support all French businesses so that nobody goes bankrupt as a result of the virus.

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark have announced measures to cover the incomes of employees and the self-employed during the containment phase.

Comparison to previous epidemics

The 2009 ‘swine flu’ is estimated to have infected between 700 million and 1.4 billion people worldwide, with somewhere between 150,000–575,000 deaths, depending on which study is examined. A follow-up study done in September 2010 showed that the risk of serious illness of the 2009 H1N1 flu was no higher than the yearly seasonal flu.

The 1918-20 ‘Spanish Flu’ epidemic infected approximately 500 million people worldwide, and deaths are estimated anywhere from 17 million to 50 million. Both this and the 2009 epidemic are from the same H1N1 virus.

The World Health Organisation estimates there are between 290,000 and 650,000 global deaths from flu every year.

We did not have the panic and hysteria in 2009 and attempts to shut the world down, and we don’t have it every year about flu deaths, so why the hell are we doing it now??

Something else to consider.

If the number of cases increases as many suspect it will, to a peak in around 12 weeks’ time, and a large number of NHS staff become ill and are unable to work, what happens to those being treated in hospital with insufficient staff to look after them?

What happens to those elderly people who need carers? I am carer for my parents who are in their late 80s and both disabled. If they are to ‘self-isolate’ for several months, how will I be able to undertake my caring duties? Do I carry on caring for them, with the risk of infecting and possibly killing them?

What happens to our electricity and gas if people in those industries become too ill to work? Should we expect gas to stop flowing and the lights to go out?

What happens if the council refuse collection workforce is depleted by the virus, should we expect the cessation of refuse collections? If so, what happens to the refuse, will it be left in the streets to pile up?

What happens if delivery drivers become too ill to get food to shops? Should we start rationing our food now, and should we expect those who have been unable to get what they need because of selfish inconsiderate hoarders to begin starving to death when their food runs out?

Should we expect food riots when the emergency services have their numbers severely depleted and are unable to maintain law & order?

Should we expect a state of martial law to be declared, and the Army deployed in the streets to maintain law & order?

The Covid virus has effectively achieved what the climate crazies failed to do with their alarmism; to shut down most of the world. Almost no air travel, almost no cars or railway services, industry and shops shutting down, control over what and where we can eat, and people being confined to their homes.

As of the time of writing, according to worldometer, there have been 3269 cases of Covid in the UK, with 65 complete recoveries and 144 deaths. In Birmingham where I live, there have been 34 cases, but I can find no information on how many have recovered or died. Worldwide the numbers are 254,798 cases, with 89,908 complete recoveries and 10,448 deaths since January.

It is interesting to note as of the time of writing (Friday 20^th March), worldometer notes China has had 80,000 cases, with 71,000 recoveries and 3200 deaths. Their number of new cases has flattened out, their number of deaths is flattening, and the number of active cases has declined significantly.

I was reminded of this a few days ago, seems very relevant now.

This situation also brings to mind of two quotes by the late journalist and satirist H.L Mencken, who said

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” and “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”

In my view this is a stepping stone along the way to creating a single world Socialist / Fascist / Communist government. The climate scam was the first step, this is the second. Some are even praising the virus killing the elderly because they are ‘a burden on society’.

Tim Ball has warned about this numerous times, saying declaring an emergency allows many governments to suspend constitutions and normal rules, regulations & laws, and allows countries to impose draconian measures like restrictions on movement, restrictions on food and energy availability, prohibiting public assemblies and imposing curfews & martial law, and threaten harsh punishments for those who dare to disobey.

I rather suspect governments and policymakers will come under tremendous pressure from the globalists and eco-fascists to keep many of the restrictions they have imposed in place after the ‘crisis’ has passed. This is the perfect opportunity to make significant and probably permanent inroads into our rights and freedoms.

One of my Fb friends made me aware of this a few days ago. The facility in Wuhan where Covid ‘escaped’ from is apparently owned by….George Soros… Coincidence?

So, perhaps the virus was deliberately released as some suspect, to help the UN in its aim of reducing the human population by 85{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}, and rid it of those who are burden to government coffers?

This video by Tony Heller on the 18^th hits the nail on the head – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXU6tql1mnE&feature=em-uploademail

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