Here in the UK lockdown continues to be eased as the number
of deaths falls. This is good news, although I still have doubts about the effectiveness
of the systems put in place to ensure we don’t get a second peak. There is a
track and trace system, but we hear little about it. And Coronavirus testing
numbers look good but it is not the number of people tested but the number of
tests. It also includes tests sent out in the post on that day, but we never
know how many get returned and used.
I still think we may be at a point where other issues such as folks income and savings could turn into a major issue very soon.
I still think we may be at a point where other issues such as folks income and savings could turn into a major issue very soon.
The incident in the USA where the black man (George Floyd)
died during his arrest where the police were very much in the wrong has had
worldwide implications. The Black Lives Matter protests have seen thousands of
people protesting and the destruction or removal of statues of those who were
in some way involved with the slave trade; and in several countries. It is good that there is a possibility of a
change of attitude. But there also needs to be something to remind folk of the
past and what was done during the slave trade removing all evidence without
replacing it with something that shows the barbarity of what happened risks
removing the events from history.
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