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Reflections on the Pandemic – a British Perspective by           Dr Remy Perumal MBBS FRCP (Lond) FACP, Dip. In Journalism (LSJ)   Retired Consultant Physician & Freelance Journalist    This Pandemic has claimed numerous lives! Over half a million lives lost each in the United States of America & Brazil with the United Kingdom at just over 127,000. Of those lost in the UK were significant number of Doctors, Nurses and other healthcare workers. Many Consultants and senior clinicians, were amongst those, including the Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians of London, himself a prominent Nephrologist. In addition to the human cost, the borrowing binge, to keep the country afloat during the Pandemic means, there is a terrifying National debt which must eventually be repaid. “Stay home, save the NHS, save lives” has been our recurring refrain. Yet, hospitals were inundated with ill Covid patients. The National Health Service which was ...