To wonder why people aren’t more angry?

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Throughout this whole crisis I have really been surprised by the level of acceptance from everyone in this country of the whole situation. I know we haven’t had much choice in the decisions made and we’re probably a very polite nation as a whole but we have been so quick to accept the arrival of a deadly virus and drastic changes to our lives, seemingly without complaint. Is no-one out there demanding to know how on earth this was all able to happen? We’ve faced the huge loss of human life worldwide and it is continuing, surely we are all entitled to get angry and demand answers? I see grieving families, children missing out on being with other children and not having an education, families being separated indefinitely, people’s mental health suffering and vulnerable people potentially at risk and I feel so frustrated and angry. If we got fired up about climate change, why not this??

ChainsawBear Exactly this.
In March the people of Britain were happily working, travelling round and shopping everyday in massively busy shops. We had to be geared up for a lockdown. I don’t believe the general population would have gone for it any earlier and the loss of businesses and furloughing would have been endlessly criticised for ruining the country.

Lockdown is working. And that’s because people are sticking with it, Coming out is as much about timing it right as about what measures are in place.

I think we live such privileged lives in the West compared to almost any other time in history. We’re used to complaining about everything and demanding that our perfect lives stay perfect. The earth, bacteria, viruses- they don’t care about any of that. These things have always happened and will continue to happen. It makes me anxious and sad and scared, but anger seems weirdly misplaced to me.

Exactly what Chainsawbear says. You can't compare us with other countries. HK floundered during SARs. They were like deers in headlights. Now SE Asian countries know how to lock themselves down and know what to do. We will, next time.

Aside from anger, I also feel shame. This has killed mostly the elderly and the vulnerable. Then you have one of them, Captain Moore, 100 years old, come out and show us how to act when things get tough.

These elderly people, who we neither respect, help or listen to, have once again taken it on the chin for us. We should be ashamed of ourselves, we really should.

Oh, and yes, the only people who are going to make a shitload of money out of all this are the more switched on or luckier hedge funds. Whose raison d'etre is to find a way of making shitloads of money in any given situation, so.

Frangi - You are spot on with that post.

I will admit that I read the lockdown diaries from Wuhan in a dreamy and detached way. Remarkable things happen in China all the time, don't they? But they don't really happen here. I was unjustifiable and wrong, obviously. But I suspect that feeling was shared by more people here than would now like to admit it, other than those whose life work is epidemiology and public health. I also suspect that a part of the anger is in fact righteous indignation that such a thing has dared to happen here when everybody knows it shouldn't, just as the US experienced after 9/11.

I'm imagining some of the headlines and message board posts there would have been if the UK government had been found to be investing significantly in pandemic preparedness in 2016. Blistering editorials. Unfocused ranting. "Wasting taxpayers' money!" "There hasn't been a pandemic in 100 years!" "My school has a hole in the roof!" "Spend it on catching benefit cheats!"

@Frangipanini
Completely agree. It is the elderly who are shut up, lonely and ignored, who are suffering the most, especially if they are living alone.

We can physically protest though, if there are enough of us. There have already been anti lockdown protests in other countries. When do we ask for our rights and liberties back? Do we not want them back? 🤷‍♀️

To the Tory voting basher on here, how exactly would Jeremy Corbyn of handled this different?

@Frangipanini exactly correct. Couldn't agree more.

I'm a little surprised that there isn't more outrage about the delay with the lockdown. The UK government was repeatedly warned by other nations in Europe to lockdown but ignored the advice. Now we're too far behind and will potentially suffer the consequences for longer.

The other thing that I can't understand is why are more people not angry about the likely cause of this virus. We are like sitting ducks for whichever horrible disease is next unleashed from China, whether it comes from their laboratories or from their shitty disregard for animal welfare practices.

We can physically protest though, if there are enough of us. There have already been anti lockdown protests in other countries. When do we ask for our rights and liberties back? Do we not want them back? 🤷‍♀️

If there is no exit strategy discussed much past another 3 weeks I may join you

angelsonbareskin you can protest for your rights and liberties back if you want to. I don't think many people will be joining you. Most of us would take action to protect others and ourselves on our own initiative anyway. Most people would not insist on their right to do as they please however it affected other people

I'm not letting anger get to me because I'm preserving my mental health. Which feels far more important to me right now.

If there's anything I've learned recently, it's that I can't control everything around me. That anger can be useful when it stimulates me to get something done that I actually CAN do, but when that anger doesn't or can't achieve anything, then it's just destroyed a little bit of me.

When this is all over, maybe it'll be safe for me to feel angry. And that anger might actually translate into something useful. But for now it's the positive things around me that are getting me through this. The kindness of strangers, people in my community getting to know each other through helpful connections or activities or installations that can be enjoyed by others on their walks, etc.

We're all handling this differently. If you thrive on anger, great. Just don't expect those of us who find useless anger toxic, to join you, or think less of them for managing their mental health in a different way.

To the Tory voting basher on here, how exactly would Jeremy Corbyn of[sic] handled this different?
What does that have to do with the price of fish?
Corbyn wasn't elected. We are entitled to examine the performance of those actually doing the job.

We can physically protest though, if there are enough of us. There have already been anti lockdown protests in other countries. When do we ask for our rights and liberties back? Do we not want them back?

Aye, alright then, on you go.

FFS of course we want them back - we're just not being twats about it.

I hope trump goes to war with china our government doesn't have the balls to do it.
And the practices in the wet market were cruel and barbaric as well as unhygienic and should of been shut down before.
Now we are all paying the price.

And please dont compare to how we kill animals because it is not the same however some pro china posts try to put it.

I hope trump goes to war with china our government doesn't have the balls to do it.

Brilliant. Must be lunchtime at homeschool.

When the house is on fire, don't worry about who started it (plenty time to do that later) just put out the fire.

Boris is that you?

Aimed at brass brass aka goady fucker.

Are you angry at the mother nature then?

@TheMagiciansMewTwo Excellent post earlier.

In every big organisation, in every charity that works overseas, in every multi-national company and in every government, you have a person, team or department who is responsible for emergency planning. It is their job to prepare for every eventuality , to risk assess to the nth degree and to have steps that swing into action as soon as that particular risk takes place. If there's a flood, an earthquake, a complete power outage, etc, there will be a risk assessment in place.

And there would be exercises or drills or similar, and the findings and lessons from these would have to be actioned. The plans would also be reviewed regularly and checked - e.g. any key suppliers or advance contracts still up to date or in place at all, etc. to enable the plan to be implemented once triggered. Failure to act on findings of emergency plan reviews and exercises would be unacceptable.

I hope trump goes to war with china our government doesn't have the balls to do it

LMAO. Yeah cos what we really want right now is WW3! That will be so much better than social distancing.