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Originally Posted by Smithy
I don’t think you’re in any position to say that, the people on the front line would definitely feel differently
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I am in a position to say that; my wife works in the NHS. They have money to buy PPE, they have orders in for PPE, there is such a high demand for PPE that they can't supply it fast enough to meet demand. That is the current situation. There is nowhere that's going without PPE "because they can't afford it".
Cherie has given the best allegory really. A month ago you could have gone to Tesco with £1000 in your pocket - you still weren't leaving with a 9 pack of Andrex, because they didn't have any. You could have gone with a million pounds. The problem is supply.
Like I said I think people are just very used to being able to solve all sorts of things by throwing money at the problem... We're used to living in a world of abundant supply. We're not used to scarcity and what that means.
It sort of reminds me of the scene in Titanic where Cal tries to buy his way onto a lifeboat and can't understand when his money suddenly doesn't mean anything.