Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "Covid: India's coronavirus outbreak in 200 seconds - BBC News" video.

@rudymental9993 Thank you. It's not easy for people whether they are ill, or well and suffering economically, and it's dragging on for so long.
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How many people have died from hunger and poverty as they've lost their jobs? The virus affects those who haven't had it too.
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Jimmy Cricks The virus is not less dangerous than the flu. Where do you get the evidence for that? There is also a vaccine for the flu but not yet one for Covid. The lockdowns are not 'killing everyone'. That's an exaggeration but I do wonder why this government stopped testing and tracing which they were doing successfully early on, and which would have allowed them to avoid lockdowns. I also wonder why they lockdown in Labour held areas when Tory held areas with worse Covid figures escape lockdowns. I don't think it should be a case of having constant lockdowns or letting it rip. It should have been managed more carefully and less drastically after the first lockdown. However when Covid spreads rapidly because people ignore the scientific and medical advice to avoid the spread, then they will produce conditions that will trigger lockdown, and they have been warned of that so what's their excuse?
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@rudymental9993 Partly because they were given only 4 hours notice but if there were no protection measures many would have died anyway. There is no win win solution here but look at this video. The health system was inadequate and overwhelmed. A bad dose of the virus would be a death sentence anyway. All those governments with people on subsistence wages or earnings should have supported them financially through the worst phases of the virus.
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@rudymental9993 Well I had cancer myself this year and my operation was delayed by 3 months because of Covid. I was lucky as I had medication that was shrinking my tumour anyway before that. The medical advice during the height of the first wave of Covid was not to delay seeing a doctor and being referred for diagnosis. I agree with that advice. Fear of Covid should not hold people back from seeking a diagnosis for a serious illness like cancer or heart disease. I feel sorry if treatment or diagnosis has been delayed for people and they have had no control over that. Hopefully such conditions are prioritised over less serious ones. In my case 10 NHS trusts contracted with a private hospital for cancer operations. This was to keep non Covid and Covid patients apart from each other. I am o.k now. My brother in law who got Covid had a stroke during it and though he survived it he's had 2 more strokes since and is now severely incapacitated and not likely to recover his speech, ability to walk or feed himself. P.S. Just to clarify... I had NHS treatment by NHS staff, not private treatment. It was just that the NHS hired space in the private hospital (sessions the operating theatre and accommodation for patients).
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