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In a different scenario it happens all to often,
In military conflicts a commander deploys his troops, fully understanding that some won’t be coming back. However, they are doing it to save others.

What is the difference between paying a contribution towards keep and having to pay for perscriptions? If the NHS can manage perscriptions, ( I believe those on benefits get releif) they can manage a hosptialisation contributions in much the same way.

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PD, state benefits, including pensions, are already affected if someone is in hospital/care for more than a few weeks. 

Other than that, the NHS is geared up to providing social care along with medical care to those who need it. It's what their funding covers. Who provides the funding? Why, you and I - the patients, that's who. Yep, patients already pay. 

Steve, you're off the wall here. There is no comparison whatsoever. I'm getting angry at some of these crass remarks😖

Probably not the best comparison but I understand some of the logic behind it. Everyone who joins the forces does so accepting that risk, they are special people in doing so and do this with an understanding that they are protecting our country, our people and our society. The individual does not know that it will be them not coming home when signing up and this may just be the strength behind that brotherhood I so admire, looking after each other for the rest of us.

These antivaxers don’t appear to have any grip or understanding of collective care and support. I guess this means they are in need of help themselves and not just beyond redemption.

From the gov.uk website - 

"In England, out of over one billion prescription items dispensed in 2019, close to 90% were dispensed free of charge."

(I believe that in the rest of the UK prescriptions are entirely "free"?)

For me, the time to debate whether charges should be incurred for hospitalisation (debatable) or care should be witheld for whatever reason (not an option I'd ever subscribe to) is after this awful disease has been overcome or, at least, to the time when we can "live with it". Making such decisions in the midst of these troubled times is never going to result in a "balanced and proportionate" response.

And who would want to be the medic  (or more likely some management stooge) who would want to decide where the line is drawn? 

With respect TW I suggest you get angry somewhat easily. It a perfectly valid point. There is nothing crass about it. Our leaders are following exactly the same methodology at the moment, offsetting the acceptable  number of deaths against damage to the economy, when deciding on future covid policy.

Just a thought - many "older" folk are recommended to take statins to reduce the chances of stroke or a heart attack. A lot of those, according to a doctor we know well, decline either because of anxiety about side effects or simply because they consider it "unecessary". Should they be refused treatment if they suffer a stroke/heart attack? 

We are not in a military conflict/time of war, then it’s kill or be killed it’s a bad analogy SL☹️. The waiting for ops vs anti vaxxers are not at war. Both our leaders & the NHS are damned if they do damned if they don’t, they will continue as they always do but I do know when this situation is behind us there will be a World screaming out for medics & a whole generation of medics burnt out & not wanting to continue. We will all be losers.

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