"Not all medicines are manufactured in Europe, not all food comes from Europe. We do have things from other parts of the world"
HOW MANY TIMES! Myself and others have explained REPEATEDLY on numerous threads on brexit and brexit prep that
1 we don't make NEARLY enough of whatever in this country to fully meet the needs of our population - actually NOWHERE NEAR
2 that even food/drinks/meds made in this country are dependent on ingredients and items necessary for that production which mostly DO come from the eu and the stuff that doesn't comes VIA the eu or we get them BECAUSE we have trade deals AS MEMBERS OF THE EU
3 that even products/items that are from outside the eu come to us via eu distribution centres/trade routes or will be significantly more expensive because we have ZERO leverage and the transport costs alone are prohibitive BECAUSE (shocker!) eu countries are nearest to us geographically and the further an item has to come the more expensive the transport AND fresh items aren't best coming from so far away.
WHY are people struggling with the basic facts of the situation?!
Things with short shelf lives (which INCLUDES life saving medications) CANNOT be stockpiled. Tinned/frozen/dried food are "ok" but for s healthy diet a healthy populace able to work we NEED fresh food too we NEED adequate amounts of food and a variety.
"What even does this comment mean. Surely they do have a stockpile?" Exactly where do you think the stockpile will be? What about meds that have to be kept in certain conditions (temp, humidity, radioactive aspects, sterility...) who is paying for the space? The electricity? The fridges/freezers/air conditioning/specialised containers? Clueless utterly clueless!!
"What list are you even referring to?" Wow! So you genuinely are ignorant!
It's a list of meds that pharmacists (and they would know!) are saying are highly likely to face shortage issues due to brexit.
TabbyMumz no bluntness doesn't know for sure - but she's sensible enough to understand the VERY LIKELY potential issues - Which the govt/leavers are refusing to reassure anyone on! Do you REALLY think they wouldn't be if they could?! It would be VERY MUCH in their interests to do so! Common bloody sense tells you there isn't enough space/facilities to stockpile anywhere near enough, that you can't just miraculously speed up manufacture OR even the growth/production of raw ingredients! Many meds have as their basic ingredients plant extracts or parts of animals - you cannot make plants or animals grow meaningfully faster than they naturally do!
"Because Joe public doesn't need to know." Why the HELL not?! It's OUR lives and health that will be affected! We have a right to know what OUR govt (they're SUPPOSED to work FOR us!!) are doing to mitigate the risks to the population!
"The Government will have deals and plans in place as backup"
You have WAY too much faith in govt - do you SERIOUSLY NEVER question anything they do?!
"I'm pretty sure the people who arrange this sort of thing wont have had their head in the sand and done nothing." Pharmacists and Drs and other Nhs staff have NOT stuck their heads in the sand - they HAVE Been fobbed off with basically "don't worry your stupid little heads" type attitude from govt! I have friends and family who are pharmacists and nurses and they have said there is fuck all planning in place, the govt IS NOT listening to the experts and there's sod all communication happening!
"Teresa May is a diabetic, she said she wasn't the least bit concerned about medication."
She and her husband are VERY wealthy! They can easily hop on a private jet and zip over to eu if there IS a problem, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a sudden exodus of wealthy in latter part of October if we're driven towards a no deal on Halloween. She has ABSOLUTELY NO NEED to worry!
"In short, it's going to be shit but you probably won't die of malnutrition or lack of medication (unless you're very old)." Already happening thanks to austerity I don't have your optimism
"Would you rather we weren't?" Good grief! IT IS NOT people like bluntness who will leave us unprepared or who want us to be unprepared - we are unprepared because the govt has done precious little to prepare us! They're not listening to the actual experts, they're not following their advice, they're not even really accepting it's necessary!
"There will be quicker ways of doing all these so called checks, I'm sure."
Ffs - head hits brick wall!!!!
Even IF there were quicker ways of doing these things (there aren't) what you're basically meaning is cutting corners! That's cutting corners that are ESSENTIAL to health & safety - or do you not care if there's glass in your food or poisons in your baby's formula?!