Johnson’s “12 weeks” until a return to normalcy message is just a bare-faced lie. Even ignoring COVID19 fatalities & survivors, the fallout for millions will be huge and long-lasting. Economics, socially, health...https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/19/boris-johnson-uk-can-turn-tide-of-coronavirus-in-12-weeks …
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Domestic violence will worsen: likely to be more deaths, children will see and be subject to more abuse and trauma, and emergency services will be forced to prioritise and do work they aren’t usually responsible for, leaving people even more vulnerable.
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Holiday hunger is already a huge problem for kids: without school meals, it’ll get worse. The food people normally drop into Trussell Trust collection bins has been panic bought, just as demand spikes, and older volunteers self isolate or get sick.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/27/children-school-holidays-hungry-food-banks …
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And if your family member or partner dies, can you afford the funeral? Credit unions and charities are trying their hardest to help people in poverty bury their loved ones. The worst thing you can imagine lands you in even worse debt.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/09/poor-die-funeral-poverty-costs-uk …
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So this will change the world, but especially this country because we’re acting so slowly, and not putting the vulnerable first, but the markets.
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