WHENEVER THERE IS A PANDEMIC, such as the one the world is facing at the moment, I am often asked the question, “David, are we in safe hands with the leaders we have?” Obviously the short answer to this question is ‘no’, or ‘never’. But many people are not happy with a simple statement of fact unless the issue is looked into in more detail. It is being announced today that the people in Scotland who were foolish enough to go on a honeymoon to Mexico are recovering on their own, but somewhat worrying is the government’s request, today, for thirty-two million face masks and fifty million doses of anti-virals.
NEITHER CAN I BE TOTALLY HAPPY about Gordon Brown’s announcement that the “government has been preparing for this pandemic for years” – yet even so there is a shortage of medicine and not enough masks to give to National Health Service workers. One wonders what this preparation has been involving, and those among my acquaintances who are more paranoid imagine tunnels under Whitehall and secret hospitals for government members on an island off the coast of Wales.
BUT THE SAFEST OF ALL HANDS must, once again, be those of our European masters, and particularly, in this case, those of European Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou. No one should doubt her credentials or her competence as the lady in charge of the health of 350 million or so Europeans. Indeed, Vassiliou, a lawyer, former first lady of Cyprus, Advisor to the Standard Charter Bank and the Bank of Cyprus, Chairwoman of the Cyprus Federation of Businesswomen and lifetime honorary president of the Federation of United Nations Associations, all besides being a member of the Cyprus parliament for four terms and serving on the boards of dozens of companies, is obviously the woman for the job.
YESTERDAY SHE WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL when she stated that the European Commission has been very “pro-active” and that “consumption of pork is safe, as long as it is cooked…” So now we know. I’m not sure that Vassiliou is religious, but I would suggest that she have a little look at the Bible, and what it has to say about eating the vile flesh of the swine. Isaiah 65: 4, for example: “One of the reasons these people provoke the Lord is because they "eat swine’s flesh, and the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.""
NEITHER CAN I BE TOTALLY HAPPY about Gordon Brown’s announcement that the “government has been preparing for this pandemic for years” – yet even so there is a shortage of medicine and not enough masks to give to National Health Service workers. One wonders what this preparation has been involving, and those among my acquaintances who are more paranoid imagine tunnels under Whitehall and secret hospitals for government members on an island off the coast of Wales.
BUT THE SAFEST OF ALL HANDS must, once again, be those of our European masters, and particularly, in this case, those of European Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou. No one should doubt her credentials or her competence as the lady in charge of the health of 350 million or so Europeans. Indeed, Vassiliou, a lawyer, former first lady of Cyprus, Advisor to the Standard Charter Bank and the Bank of Cyprus, Chairwoman of the Cyprus Federation of Businesswomen and lifetime honorary president of the Federation of United Nations Associations, all besides being a member of the Cyprus parliament for four terms and serving on the boards of dozens of companies, is obviously the woman for the job.
YESTERDAY SHE WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL when she stated that the European Commission has been very “pro-active” and that “consumption of pork is safe, as long as it is cooked…” So now we know. I’m not sure that Vassiliou is religious, but I would suggest that she have a little look at the Bible, and what it has to say about eating the vile flesh of the swine. Isaiah 65: 4, for example: “One of the reasons these people provoke the Lord is because they "eat swine’s flesh, and the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.""
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