Dying from Covid-19 mostly depends on your government

Whether or not you die from Covid-19 depends not so much on your age or vulnerability, but mostly on which government runs your country.

The ventilators that can kill

It’s been reported by The Guardian that Chinese ventilators bought by the UK government to tackle coronavirus were so dangerous that they could have killed patients.

Can we live with Covid-19 without dying from it?

For now, staying at home is the best-known way to avoid catching the new coronavirus for most of the population. It is incumbent upon us to follow the government’s instruction – a legal order – to stay home and save lives, and our NHS.

Dusk chorus during the lockdown

The humans are indoors. Sometimes they come out, but they keep to themselves. The world doesn’t miss them.

The air is cleaner. The noise of traffic, planes and trains abated. The hustle and bustle depleted. The birds are singing. The night sky is bright. Venus is beaming. 

Maybe we’re doing something right.