Crypto 24 / 7 News

WHO calls for action as Europe coronavirus cases rise

Silence was the reply.But the answer should have been obvious, for you can’t put a country into a national lockdown for 213 days, over three spells, and not expect serious fallout.We all appreciated we needed to protect and shield the most vulnerable from Covid – the elderly, the obese and those with underlying health conditions – but locking everything and everyone down has left an economic and health wasteland in its wake.

Related articles

Don’t leave us! Wales in desperate bid to halt mass exodus

Biden tells UK what to do over UK-France relations As University of Leicester professor of genomics and bioinformatics Anthony Brookes said, “We have done everything that could be done to reduce the virus spread and not allowed for full consideration for all the harm.”

Those lockdown harms are now beginning to take their toll and include a significant rise in mental health issues, the rapid increase in dementia deaths and the tens of thousands of undetected cancers as people stayed at home or couldn’t get GP appointments.

For instance, between March and December 2020 nearly 1.2 million fewer women underwent breast screening; between April and October 2020 over 3,500 fewer patients than expected were diagnosed with bowel cancer; and around 50 percent of people with heart and circulatory diseases found it harder to get medical treatment.

Only last week deputy Chief Medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam estimated there could be as many as 60,000 flu deaths this winter .As not many people had the flu last year because we remained inside under Covid restrictions, there isn’t as much natural immunity in our communities as usual, making this the deadliest flu outbreak for 50 years – something Prof Brookes warned would happen from the very start.

There is a cost of Covid and there is a cost of lockdown too, much of which is only emerging now .W hil e the worst might be untreated and undiagnosed health conditions there are plenty of other costs too, from empty shelves and lack of goods, a shortage of gas and rising energy costs – all caused by the lockdowns followed by a sudden worldwide reopening.

The fallout from lockdown is only just beginning, and history will judge it very harshly indeed.

Those lockdown harms are only now beginning to take their toll (Image: GETTY)

Perm’s riding the crest of a revival wave The 80s perm has returned, bigger and bouncier than ever.I knew it was only a matter of time before the curls of Kevin Keegan, Cher, Dolly Parton and glam rockers Bon Jovi were back in fashion and I can’t be the only one delighted.

Apparently hair salons are being flooded with requests and DIY home packs are flying off the shelves in shops.

The downside is if DIY perm packs keep selling so fast that could be another thing to add to the Christmas shortages list!

The good news is a perm lasts six months so hopefully the shop shelves will be restocked by then.

Dolly Parton (Image: GETTY) Trending

Busy Boris is owed a break What a sad state of affairs we are in when the only thing the Labour Party has had to say in the past week has been to criticise the PM for being on holiday and for being seen to paint while away.

Are we really saying that Boris must work 24/7 without ever taking a break – even though he will have been working while away?

Of course people should criticise the Prime Minister for his policies where they disagree with him – I do that occasionally too, but to criticise him for taking a break and recharging his batteries is simply petty.

One report said he was on a lounger with his hands behind his head.

Gosh, is that a sacking offence? They’ll criticise him for going to bed next!

Boris Johnson (Image: GETTY)

‘Tigger’ wants trigger Post-Brexit bounce If everything is now online, surely it’s just a matter of time before money goes digital and crypto currency becomes an accepted global currency.If that’s the case we need to be prepared for it instead of ignoring it.

This week former Chancellor Phil Hammond issued a stark warning, saying our nation’s finance sector is at risk of falling behind global rivals unless it embraces digital assets.Other countries are implementing legal frameworks to adapt to digital currencies whereas the UK is not.

If we want a post-Brexit financial bounce and we want to retain our global leading position in the finance sector, we’ll need to embrace the financial digital revolution.

I haven’t always agreed with Phil Hammond but I do on this and all credit to him for unleashing his inner Tigger and speaking out.The FCA is letting our country get left behind.

What is happening where you live? Find out by adding your postcode or visit InYourArea.