Hi everyone,
I'm not sure if this is the best place to discuss the following topic, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it...
We have all, I am sure, been following the situation with the riots and unrest over the last few weeks. Now, it has occurred to me recently that we are probably closer to a state of social collapse in this country than we have been for a long time. I should add that I don't think we're very close - in fact I think such a thing is exceedingly unlikely... But over the last few years some things have happened which many of us, I am sure, would never have dreamed could occur (the collapse and virtual nationalisation of the banking sector; the Tories winning (well, half winning) an election; Nick Clegg as Deputy PM :shock:; Woolies disappearing from the high street... I mean I could go on...).
So to get to my point - as if you hadn't guessed it already. If this country were to collapse into a state of anarchy, or something like it , what would become of us diabetics? Almost all of us rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on the state for our very existence. If it wasn't for the blessed NHS where would be? Where would we get the things we need - insulin, needles, medication, test strips, etc, etc, etc... Would the anarchists be supplying them to us, I wonder? From what I saw of their antics last Thursday it seems somewhat unlikely...
I remember watching a programme a few years ago about the 'detention' (not the right word) camps set up during the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the '90s. The one thing that really struck me was a survivor who stated that the 'first people to go' were the diabetics (since they had no access to supplies)...
I apologise for bringing this topic up. But, as I said, even though it's an extraordinarily unlikely outcome enough 'unlikely' things have happened over the last few years that we would be foolish to entirely dismiss it. Perhaps, in fact, it is time the diabetic community started thinking about how we might cope if such a situation did, in fact, arise.
Hope I haven't depressed anyone!
Regards,
Chris
I'm not sure if this is the best place to discuss the following topic, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it...
We have all, I am sure, been following the situation with the riots and unrest over the last few weeks. Now, it has occurred to me recently that we are probably closer to a state of social collapse in this country than we have been for a long time. I should add that I don't think we're very close - in fact I think such a thing is exceedingly unlikely... But over the last few years some things have happened which many of us, I am sure, would never have dreamed could occur (the collapse and virtual nationalisation of the banking sector; the Tories winning (well, half winning) an election; Nick Clegg as Deputy PM :shock:; Woolies disappearing from the high street... I mean I could go on...).
So to get to my point - as if you hadn't guessed it already. If this country were to collapse into a state of anarchy, or something like it , what would become of us diabetics? Almost all of us rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on the state for our very existence. If it wasn't for the blessed NHS where would be? Where would we get the things we need - insulin, needles, medication, test strips, etc, etc, etc... Would the anarchists be supplying them to us, I wonder? From what I saw of their antics last Thursday it seems somewhat unlikely...
I remember watching a programme a few years ago about the 'detention' (not the right word) camps set up during the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the '90s. The one thing that really struck me was a survivor who stated that the 'first people to go' were the diabetics (since they had no access to supplies)...
I apologise for bringing this topic up. But, as I said, even though it's an extraordinarily unlikely outcome enough 'unlikely' things have happened over the last few years that we would be foolish to entirely dismiss it. Perhaps, in fact, it is time the diabetic community started thinking about how we might cope if such a situation did, in fact, arise.
Hope I haven't depressed anyone!
Regards,
Chris
