To feel terrified after reading the prepping for Brexit threads?

[LittleNapRefuser]

I have genuinely cried real tears of fear after reading the threads on prepping for Brexit today. I have a toddler and right now I am terrified of what is to come and their future after all this.

I don't really have anyone to talk to about this in 'real life' because most people I know aren't reading the news or don't seem to care.

Should I be terrified? Should I be scared for my baby's future? Can anyone reassure me or offer me an alternative perspective on all this. I don't want to to put my head in the sand but I feel really afraid.

You were asked how that would mabage short term disruptions in supplies such as insulin. Even if in the long term it will all be fine, are we 100% sure there will be no short term disruption? Because short term disruption could have devastating consequences

Devastating?

Insulin. Yes devastating.

So please answer the question. I would be very reassured.

People dying because they can't get insulin for a day. That devastating enough for you? Or don't you bother reading what people with this actual concern have said time and again on this thread.

You were asked how that would mabage short term disruptions in supplies such as insulin. Even if in the long term it will all be fine, are we 100% sure there will be no short term disruption? Because short term disruption could have devastating consequences.

Can you give an another example in your life where you have a 100% surety that there will never be even a short term disruption?

Ahh! Deflection. Kids dying not in Google, then.

No but we seem fairly certain we will have disruption here. Are you struggling with to respond? I am very sorry.
And actually diabetes is just one disease here.

The government are fairly sure there will be disruption.
So no, 100% is never this case but usually more certain than this. And tharbwas just one aspect of my post you picked up on. Please could you address the issue?

Clearly a short, sharp shock will not restore national pride, it will further stoke national divide which is already pretty high. Something like war can build bonds in a nation as there is a common enemy. But in the case of Brexit where food shortages and stockpiling did not previously hit the news, the ‘enemy’ should be the politicians who have handled it in a way to get to the current stage.

However in reality it’s more likely the ‘enemy’ will be those who voted Leave as they are more accessible than people tucked away in Westminster and the 47.6 million who didn’t vote to leave will blame them. How national unity will be helped in that scenario I have no idea, obviously it won’t and the opposite will happen.

I urge anyone lurking who voted Leave and there are always lurkers which is why we see time and time again threads like this going like this as people are directed to come on and post on behalf of Vote Leave who are well aware of the shit storm that is going to hit and fear that enough public outrage will put leaving the EU in threat, to contact your MPs and tell them you didn’t vote to the current fiasco and what you did vote for so they are clear.

God can't believe how awful people are being to each other on this thread.

You think this is bad? As pp said it'll only get worse and it wont just be safely behind our screens.

And I for one am worried

bellinisurge
People dying because they can't get insulin for a day.

Well I have a daughter who has had Type 1 Diabetes since the age of six. If (and its a very big IF), that supplies of Insulin were going to be disrupted in reality - as others have said, and you may wish to sit down before read this, there is a world beyond the European Union

@ParsnipsAreTheDevil - I have been extremely patient with people and have ignored nonsense. But this ridiculous response to a genuine concern about short term insulin supply and the potentially fatal consequences for another poster is just too much.

If you believe the propaganda after March 19 we are going back to the dark ages

No we wont and i ve not read anything anywhere that suggests such things.
However with no deal, they'll be custom checks at Dover, which means delays and we will drop out of all the regulatory agencies we are currently in via our EU membership.
From what i understand that means problems with importing medicines and issues with flights.
Fortunately on the drugs front, companies that manufacture drugs for uk and for export are stock piling ingredients from 2 months worth to 4 months, just in-case we drop out, whether that includes Insulin, i ve no idea.
Being so confident that they ll be zero issues, doesnt mean there wont be any.
You simply cannot leave 40 plus years of trade integration with nothing to replace it with.

But guys, the disruption will be worth it in the end!!

Your grandchildren will be grateful, see.

No I’m not going to tell you how or why: how dare you be so nasty and question me like that.

If you want to know the benefits of Brexit, just, just, I don’t know, I’m not going to tell them to you horrible people.

Why can’t everyone get behind Brexit and be nice?!

@FrancinePefko42 - having lived and worked in the world outside the EU, I don't need to be told.
I hope that nothing negative happens for your dd. Snark at me all you want but please entertain the possibility that it won't be alright, even if it's only short term.

I'm really pleased you don't think there will be any issues. That supply chains will switch seamlessly to meet immediate need.
It helps add to the body of opinion that its all going to be fine and tbh I need to hear that.

The NHS has a few worried Abbott medicine supplies though which does worry me.
I'm trying to downplay this so as not to be accused of hysteria.

I voted remain. I don't think we should leave the EU. I think there will likely be disruption in the short to medium term in the event of no deal, possibly civil unrest. I'm really worried for people who might have their medications held up. I'll probably stockpile a little bit of food just for security purposes.

I do think that it will all turn out OK in the end. When you have lived through what my family has (my parents are not British - they were imprisoned in their home country after a coup, tortured and then exiled here after seeing many friends and relatives die) - anyway, when you have grown up against the backdrop of that, you tend to think in the end most things will be OK.

Oh get a grip OP

It will be ok if our politicians handle this in a pragmatic way but to date there is no evidence of this happening but plenty of evidence to the contrary.

I do think people are getting out of control here. They aren't living in totally anarchy in Norway are they? I don't think we've quite reached the point where we need to stockpile tins of beans and candle sticks.

Don’t think it’s going to be as bad as people fear. UK seemed to have managed pretty well prior to joining EU. Look at some of the countries that although trading with EU states, are not a member themselves. Look at Switzerland and the living standards and conditions there. You’re going to be okay, UK isn’t going to crumble.

@ParsnipsAreTheDevil - inclined to agree with you but people making sharp comments to those with genuine worry is childish and pointless.