Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Ah...the old extending longevity of life v extending the quality of life debate. It’s a serious and sensitive debate that all societies need to have in tandem with the assisted dying and ‘death with dignity’ questions. Not entirely relevant to the current crisis imo but huge questions which need very careful and sensitive handling...probably without religious input.

On the subject (sort of) of restoring the ‘balance of life’. In the same way as, very sadly, some children and (mainly) female partners are now very much more at risk of abuse...there will, I believe, be a significant ‘baby boom’ in nine to however long this takes months time.

In many ways though RA it is entirely relevant to this crisis, we have medicalised (not sure thats a word but you know what I mean) old age to the extent that sections of society demand that £1,000s be spent on drugs to extend life by 3, 6 or up to 12 months even though the end result is a foregone conclusion.

In this crisis we are seeing normal deaths (if your old the odds are you will die from a respiratory disease) but accelerated, much the same as when we have a flu epidemic. But because we have this fetish about the right to life whatever the circumstances, there is a mixed message emanating from government about saving lives when in reality its about reducing the health service being overwhelmed by dying people.

As for the baby boom, you could be right, there could also be a surge in the divorce rate!!