Glasgow Times

I would dread to think if the rat population increases if even more bins are missed

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UNDER-FUNDING of the NHS and ruthless cuts in many other Social Services, by successive Conservati­ve Government­s, has seen the NHS struggling with the demands needed to cope with the coronaviru­s outbreak.

They are currently very short of ventilator­s, and other essential equipment needed to treat people with the coronaviru­s, or have symptoms of it.

The Conservati­ve attempts to now address the current shortages in the NHS, is a case of, “the gate being closed after the horse has bolted”.

In the same circumstan­ces, Social Services, with massive cuts in their budget, are expected to look after vulnerable people needing their assistance and help.

In their eagerness to pursue their Brexit negotiatio­ns with the EU, Boris Johnson and his party, ignored, the coronaviru­s, rapidly spreading across China.

It was only when the virus spread to Italy, that the Conservati­ves and other EU countries realised that this was no ordinary containabl­e virus.

RSD

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NEW powers to be introduced in the coming days, airports “could” be closed, all airports world-wide ‘should’ have been closed as soon as this virus reared its head.

That way it wouldn’t have been spread like wildfire in such a short time.

As usual human greed takes top billing and the airports stayed open.

Even when China and Italy were the worst affected, most countries still allowed flights to and from them.

Now look at the situation,

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