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2023-04-30

We know that the cost of Covid measures (value for money or not) has been sky high.

We know that the damage to the economy, to schooling, to the elderly was enormous.

But for a global assessment, we are indebted to UK Column for pulling together as complete a picture as I have yet seen.

"Since Covid–19 was recognized in Western countries in early 2020, expenditures on public health in many of them have more than doubled, imposing over $500 billion in monthly costs on the global economy"

" Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose by 14.6% in the 12 months to September 2022"

"in February 2020, there were already 4.43 million people on a waiting list for care. The latest figures for July 2022 show a record number of over 6.84 million people waiting for treatment"

"Over $3 trillion in wealth was transferred from the world’s poorest to a tiny number of billionaires and their supporters, predominantly in China and in the tech and pharmaceutical industries"

"A UNICEF report found that 150 million additional children will grow up in poverty"

"for children aged 5–11 years without co-morbidities, the case fatality rate could not be calculated due to an absence of cases. That about sums up the risk to children"

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Enough, the list just goes on and on.

Oh, and is anybody accountable?