Curiouser and curiouser….
There are millions and millions out on the streets in all four corners of our world currently who don’t hold the same view…
Listening to so called leaders in oz or nz to me is like listening to….I don’t actually know how to describe them at this point…
Following on from the investigation into the original people and the elders being taken to quarantine/concentration camps against their will….this is again in the Northern Territories….
Is this acceptable to anyone….???
A conspiracy theorists dream…
Careful you are on very thin ice with phases like that.
Internment for the potential good of 1000’s of people and business’s a small price for someone to pay if they wish to move around.
I stand corrected…quarantine camps it must be….
And presumably also ok to instigate a nationwide manhunt for 3 original youngsters who escaped from the…how to describe it then without causing offence to anyone….
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Have you any idea of the fines being imposed on small business should they wish to support the people….???
And the fines are being imposed by an invalid government at that….
How does almost a half a million dollar fine sound…???
I have watched teenagers being shoved to the ground…the elderly pepper sprayed….brutal arrests…a baby being forcibly removed from the arms of its mother…screaming infants being removed from their mothers….all because they dare to stand up for their rights and be at a peaceful protest 
Here we go again … 
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The Guardian: Misinformation fuelled by ‘tsunami’ of poor research, says science prize winner.
Most people forget that the median average of death from COVID is still just 82, and when you get to that age you usually have many other serious ailments. I pity anyone who gets any other illness here in the UK as there is just no treatment available at all. People who are ill have to go private. Is it the same in France? Hoping to move back there in Feb
I thiink it’s a bit if a mixed bag Geoffrey. My appointments for checkups with my cardiologist and pulmonologist all going ahead as usual but put local ED (A&E as was) is closed at night due to vaccinated staff shortages. There was a little manifestation on a roundabout a week ago to complain.
Which is sucking the remaining life blood out of the NHS. Soon healthcare will only be for the rich, like some other countries the UK has a special relationship with.
Thankfully despite staff shortages and a lack of trained personnel most specialities in France are ok’ish. Sometimes you have to travel to find someone - for example there is only a single dermatologist in our department with a waiting list of around 18months.
All the way through this pandemic I have been able to see my GP F2F at a few days notice, and had F2F and video appointments with specialists. Plus normal blood tests, imaging and so on.
I think it might be another postcode lottery in the UK Geoffrey. My cousin is receiving wonderful outsourced treatment via the NHS for something serious. Apparently where she is this type of outsource is a longstanding arrangement for decades and has worked well.
What I can’t accept is that the GP’s (with their £100,000+ packages) seem to have just walked off the job in so many places… just refusing to see people. Whereas it seems the dentists in the UK that I know about, got their act together early in Covid and have been seeing people with extreme hygiene precautions communicated by their professional association, ever since.
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At least our corner of France (north Charente) seems to cope OK with covid.
Still get appointments to see your doctor face to face within a reasonable time.
Hospitals, even though on alert treat other ailments (friend with cancer had diagnosis & treatment started within 2 months)
Dentistry is a bit of a problem in rural France, 3 week waits for appointment with your registered dentist is the norm
That all seems pretty encouraging as we should be moving from the UK to the Angoulême area in Feb. Three years ago we used to live in the Dordogne/Lot area and still have our carte vitale. I never used mine but I’m thinking they might still be valid as we still get emails I think from cpam. So I am not sure whether to apply for an S1 or just wait and see what happens.
Sorry, cannot advise on your S1. I am piggy backing on husbands S1 until I can get my Own.
Getting emails just means you are in their database ……doesn’t mean your card is active. If you haven’t already try to log on, or create, and account on ameli.fr with your social security number and you will be able to see if yiu have an active attestation.
Thanks I’ll do that.
You should apply for your S1 and then give it to CPAM and they will reinstate your cover.
I have to say that my mother in U.K. is receiving good care through a network of district nurses…her gp…her diabetic nurse and a lung cancer nurse…with referral to a neurologist which took a while but is now only several weeks away….
One of my daughters has been under a cancer consultant for a few years and her main consultant a woman has never failed in follow up…whilst she has had altercations with a male consultant her female consultant has been very thorough (as she has a very rare form of cancer) …still is…my daughter is currently dreading the call back she’s just received with an appt next week 
we are praying for the best outcome…
My partner in U.K. having never seen a doctor in years entered the NHS via A&E and was treated immediately…his ongoing treatment there makes it difficult to plan our future here….
Unless of course you are a french national, or had a permanent residency card before you left, you no longer have freedom of movement. So will need to apply for and get a visa before you arrive. Apologies if this is completely obvious to you, but some have not quite recognised the changes Brexit has caused.
And I think it very unlikely that your French health cover is still valid if you have not paid cotisations, so you will also need to get private health insurance in order to get a visa.
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