UK.the financial cost of C19.....
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Topic: UK.the financial cost of C19.....
Posted By: carbon20
Subject: UK.the financial cost of C19.....
Date Posted: July 25 2021 at 4:03pm
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Reuters: UK will be exposed to paying pandemic cost risks for decades-report. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-will-be-exposed-paying-pandemic-cost-risks-decades-report-2021-07-24/ - https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-will-be-exposed-paying-pandemic-cost-risks-decades-report-2021-07-24/ ------------- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.🖖 Marcus Aurelius |
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Posted By: carbon20
Date Posted: July 25 2021 at 10:13pm
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The Associated Press: Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts. https://apnews.com/8ea04dfa5119727ba49e0066d6aeacd9 - https://apnews.com/8ea04dfa5119727ba49e0066d6aeacd9 ------------- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.🖖 Marcus Aurelius |
Posted By: EdwinSm,
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 3:41am
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BBC's take on this is here:- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57958178 - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57958178 it includes a graph of the rapid rise in debt.
This does not cover the costs of caring for those suffering from Long Covid, So if all transmission is stopped tomorrow (and we know it won't be) people will be paying for this outbreak long after I am dead (and I hope to live for another 20 or so years). |
chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said: "With eye-watering sums of money spent on Covid measures so far, the government needs to be clear, now, how this will be managed going forward, and over what period of time."