What are we going to do about the COVID-2X and COVID-3X World wide Pandemics?

Hello Clive:

Lets talk about Death for the current and future COVID pandemics. It is a fact, that death is in everyone's future but we just don't know when it will happen - I call it ones "sell by date".


The current pandemic has produced an excess of deaths of all ages over a normal (non pandemic) time frame. It can be considered as an accelerator, in that any one person with existing conditions (example diabetes or congestive heart failure) or working in a risky area (nurses or doctors) may have their expected life span reduced.


Some people have suggested that the criteria for determining COVID-19 deaths should be counting the number of "additional" deaths over say that experienced last year (2019).  However it has been recently reported that the number of flu deaths in the southern hemisphere for this (2020) year has declined because of the COVID-19 preventative measures - social distances and use of masks), or traffic accidents due to the country lock down. 


When death happens suddenly (as in a pandemic) to all ages, it is frequently found that an individual did not have the necessary legal document (wills trust etc) or directions concerning their body (burial, cremation or what).


I would like to suggest that a UK law be created that every person who is defined as an adult (for the UK that would be 18 and up) must have a copy of all these legal papers on file at (say) Kew. It would also required it to be revised as life events happen (marriage, children etc). 


Peter Brooks MIET

Palm Bay Florida USA


 

Hello Clive:

Lets talk about Death for the current and future COVID pandemics. It is a fact, that death is in everyone's future but we just don't know when it will happen - I call it ones "sell by date".


The current pandemic has produced an excess of deaths of all ages over a normal (non pandemic) time frame. It can be considered as an accelerator, in that any one person with existing conditions (example diabetes or congestive heart failure) or working in a risky area (nurses or doctors) may have their expected life span reduced.


Some people have suggested that the criteria for determining COVID-19 deaths should be counting the number of "additional" deaths over say that experienced last year (2019).  However it has been recently reported that the number of flu deaths in the southern hemisphere for this (2020) year has declined because of the COVID-19 preventative measures - social distances and use of masks), or traffic accidents due to the country lock down. 


When death happens suddenly (as in a pandemic) to all ages, it is frequently found that an individual did not have the necessary legal document (wills trust etc) or directions concerning their body (burial, cremation or what).


I would like to suggest that a UK law be created that every person who is defined as an adult (for the UK that would be 18 and up) must have a copy of all these legal papers on file at (say) Kew. It would also required it to be revised as life events happen (marriage, children etc). 


Peter Brooks MIET

Palm Bay Florida USA