Weekender of the Second Year

So far, our vaccine rollout has been stellar. No credit to the government of course, since it's the NHS that is in charge here. Not the dodgy private sector whose pockets the government lined throughout 2020. However have we overreached ourselves? We know the vaccine, the full treatment, requires 2 does. Have we sacrificed the future for short term gain? The EU seems to think so and is, perhaps chillingly, warning we will struggle to make up that shortfall. I hope that's not a threat, but it could just be the stark reality. After all Boris is myopic; looking for popularity in the now.

It feels more and more as if we're on a knife edge. There will be covid present in the community for a long time to come. A live spark always waiting to catch light. The so-called freedom lovers in the anti lockdown movement won't like that truth, because ignoring it is what incites it. Then we have to lockdown, again. This seems to be our only strategy. Bump from pillar to post in the covid pinball machine, like a drunk trying to walk home. No one seems to want to adopt policy to deal with this. As more things threaten to open it is inevitable the spark will flame somewhat. 

Our society is simply incompatible with pandemics. I would certainly agree endless lockdowns aren't the answer. Even the experts agree on that. Lockdown was never meant to be the default. But the government, through its actions, seems to disagree. The fundamental crisis revealed by covid can only be resolved through the removal of the capitalist mode of production and its class system. We need power over our lives at a time like this, but instead we're told greed is good. This is the voice of desperation. A party with no ideas resorting to nationalism and jingoistic dick waving. It's pathetic; the paucity of ideas from the monied elite. 

This crisis isn't going away anytime soon, and certainly not with the heat.