Scare topic title ? not really. So far not only have the majority of coiuntries failed to cope with it, their political systems ensure their societies have little chance. I'm concentrating here on Europe, and the USA rather than the handful of counrtries who have, so far, been able at most to check if not nullify the virus.
The problem is distressingly simple. If you life in a democrcatic country the chances of survival are minimal, simply because, where votes are a requirement, no political party is going to take the stringent steps, simply because nearly all political parties, be they socialist, communist, conservative or far right, would not entertain policies which would guarantee them loss of power. Furthermore, any society that believes in the rights of the individual over autocratic government is not equipped to combat the virus. That's the summary.
There is one thing I should add, by the way. If you feel your life is threatened by the virus, emigrate to China. They and a couple of other quasi communist dicatatorships can and have acted in such a way they have managed to minimise, if not stop, the first wave of the virus.
Europe has little chance of being less than decimated. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, all the stalwarts of the EU have not even come close to winning the war against the virus. I won't comment on the other EU countries, but here in France, which counts itself as having an offshore presence, a hangover from the days of empire, was unable to stop the virus being transmitted to those distant islands. There was nothing in French society, transport beliefs to stop it. Taking another example, the Netherlands has nearly lost control, simply because some of the requirements to stop the virus in its tracks went against the right of the average person, so the government could not enforce the obligatory wearing of masks in this case.
Then there is the UK. When you have a populist government that dithers for reasons given above, the odds are against you. When you have a society that believes in the rights of the individual, freedom of speech, and an unsustainable economic system, your chances of doing much are minimal. Furthermore, because said government could not initially enforce the steps that might have prevented the situation getting out of hand, even if curfews, masks, limitation of social groupings etc were later enforced, these were lifted before the impact was even close to minimising the spread of the virus.
Finally, that great paradigm of democracy, the USA, has again led the world, not in combatting the virus, but having a democratic system that encouraged it. Put simply, there is no way any country where each state is independent in so many things including health-related matters has a chance agains covid-19. Put simply, a state can introdice enough measures to minimise the impact, but, if it neighbours a state that does not do the same, it has little or no chance of succeeding.
I mentioned the UK deliberately, because it has ensured that Covid-19 can continue. If you look at the testing being done in most countries, you'll see the big fear is the discovery of {what is known as} the UK mutation {in their country}, for reasons we see every day. Yes, there are several version of the vaccine, but has enough research been done to guarantee these will work ? No, there clearly has not. As it stands, until enough research has been done, and enough vaccines if necessary produces to cope in all countries, the best thing to to is for all countries to shut their borders to UK citizens entirely, be they lorry drivers , tourists, or members of the government. France certainly had started the process, then was forced to stop - no need to mention the reasons why. So, as it stands the UK has become effectively become unwelcome in most parts of the planet.
I could go on about the failures in most democratic countries even to agree on the effectiveness of the vaccine they rely upon, even the time between shots, but there is little point. Hopefully, and damningly, liuck will be on our side. There's also no guarantee Covid won't mutate not once, but many times more over increasingly short periods of time.
Quite clearly, anything that calls itself a democracy is in gdnger of population extinction at worst or economic collapse at best. It is a bitter lesson for the human race, and the biggest lesson Covid-19 can teach us.
Sorry for rambing on, it's a lovely day here so I'm off to do my 1km walk with the dogs.
Cheers all.
The problem is distressingly simple. If you life in a democrcatic country the chances of survival are minimal, simply because, where votes are a requirement, no political party is going to take the stringent steps, simply because nearly all political parties, be they socialist, communist, conservative or far right, would not entertain policies which would guarantee them loss of power. Furthermore, any society that believes in the rights of the individual over autocratic government is not equipped to combat the virus. That's the summary.
There is one thing I should add, by the way. If you feel your life is threatened by the virus, emigrate to China. They and a couple of other quasi communist dicatatorships can and have acted in such a way they have managed to minimise, if not stop, the first wave of the virus.
Europe has little chance of being less than decimated. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, all the stalwarts of the EU have not even come close to winning the war against the virus. I won't comment on the other EU countries, but here in France, which counts itself as having an offshore presence, a hangover from the days of empire, was unable to stop the virus being transmitted to those distant islands. There was nothing in French society, transport beliefs to stop it. Taking another example, the Netherlands has nearly lost control, simply because some of the requirements to stop the virus in its tracks went against the right of the average person, so the government could not enforce the obligatory wearing of masks in this case.
Then there is the UK. When you have a populist government that dithers for reasons given above, the odds are against you. When you have a society that believes in the rights of the individual, freedom of speech, and an unsustainable economic system, your chances of doing much are minimal. Furthermore, because said government could not initially enforce the steps that might have prevented the situation getting out of hand, even if curfews, masks, limitation of social groupings etc were later enforced, these were lifted before the impact was even close to minimising the spread of the virus.
Finally, that great paradigm of democracy, the USA, has again led the world, not in combatting the virus, but having a democratic system that encouraged it. Put simply, there is no way any country where each state is independent in so many things including health-related matters has a chance agains covid-19. Put simply, a state can introdice enough measures to minimise the impact, but, if it neighbours a state that does not do the same, it has little or no chance of succeeding.
I mentioned the UK deliberately, because it has ensured that Covid-19 can continue. If you look at the testing being done in most countries, you'll see the big fear is the discovery of {what is known as} the UK mutation {in their country}, for reasons we see every day. Yes, there are several version of the vaccine, but has enough research been done to guarantee these will work ? No, there clearly has not. As it stands, until enough research has been done, and enough vaccines if necessary produces to cope in all countries, the best thing to to is for all countries to shut their borders to UK citizens entirely, be they lorry drivers , tourists, or members of the government. France certainly had started the process, then was forced to stop - no need to mention the reasons why. So, as it stands the UK has become effectively become unwelcome in most parts of the planet.
I could go on about the failures in most democratic countries even to agree on the effectiveness of the vaccine they rely upon, even the time between shots, but there is little point. Hopefully, and damningly, liuck will be on our side. There's also no guarantee Covid won't mutate not once, but many times more over increasingly short periods of time.
Quite clearly, anything that calls itself a democracy is in gdnger of population extinction at worst or economic collapse at best. It is a bitter lesson for the human race, and the biggest lesson Covid-19 can teach us.
Sorry for rambing on, it's a lovely day here so I'm off to do my 1km walk with the dogs.
Cheers all.
