The countries of the United Kingdom has seen a massive influx of foreign workers since the eastern bloc collapsed and places like Poland became members of the EU.
I work in Traffic Control for a major confectionery company, seconded there from the company I work for. Its hard work, as the computerised system is rather slow and lots of info to be input when lorries arrive.
Over 75% of the drivers who bring these lorries in are of eastern european origins. I mentioned this to an english driver had he told me that this is nationwide. They are employed by hauliers as they work for less, are not properly qualified, no experience of our roads, which will come in time and cause many accidents. But primarily because they work for less which means bigger profits for the hauliers which is not passed on to the customer.
But, since I have been there, I have noticed something else, something far more sinister. Going back through time, the English Channel was not just a physical barrier to the continent, effectively isolating Great Britain from the continent, but also an effective barrier for health problems.
Take Rabies for instance, rife on the continent, but very rare in the UK. This was due to successive governments in the past 100 or so years insisting on full health checks on immigrants and stringent laws barring the importation of various animals, plants etc from overseas.
This is no longer in existence, there are no barriers effecting the human immigrant. They are bringing in virus' and disease alien to our systems and we are now feeling this in our overloaded Health Service and with disease and outbreaks, once uncommon, now breaking out almost daily. We do not have a suitable immunity here in the UK due to our physical isolation throughout history. All outbreaks in the past have been down to "imported" germs. Such as the black rat, imported on ships from abroad, bringing the plague.
I was working on New Years Day. The weather was relatively cold and the door to the office was open so that drivers could come in with their paperwork instead of standing outside pushing it through a small window.
This is when I got hit with this bloody virus. I was severely blocked up, racking cough, headaches and suchlike. Coughing was causing vomitting then came the the runs and 24 hours of hell on earth. It was passed onto me by a foreign driver, as we had no local drivers in that day, all off on holiday. That part is fact. I tried every cough and cold medication on the shelf, nothing would shift it. In the end, last week, went to the doc who gave me penicillin. That has cleared the illness, but not the cough.
Its now January 27th 2008 and I still have the cough and it wakes me up on occasion. My wife also has it but worse and is still fairly bad now.
What next?
I work in Traffic Control for a major confectionery company, seconded there from the company I work for. Its hard work, as the computerised system is rather slow and lots of info to be input when lorries arrive.
Over 75% of the drivers who bring these lorries in are of eastern european origins. I mentioned this to an english driver had he told me that this is nationwide. They are employed by hauliers as they work for less, are not properly qualified, no experience of our roads, which will come in time and cause many accidents. But primarily because they work for less which means bigger profits for the hauliers which is not passed on to the customer.
But, since I have been there, I have noticed something else, something far more sinister. Going back through time, the English Channel was not just a physical barrier to the continent, effectively isolating Great Britain from the continent, but also an effective barrier for health problems.
Take Rabies for instance, rife on the continent, but very rare in the UK. This was due to successive governments in the past 100 or so years insisting on full health checks on immigrants and stringent laws barring the importation of various animals, plants etc from overseas.
This is no longer in existence, there are no barriers effecting the human immigrant. They are bringing in virus' and disease alien to our systems and we are now feeling this in our overloaded Health Service and with disease and outbreaks, once uncommon, now breaking out almost daily. We do not have a suitable immunity here in the UK due to our physical isolation throughout history. All outbreaks in the past have been down to "imported" germs. Such as the black rat, imported on ships from abroad, bringing the plague.
I was working on New Years Day. The weather was relatively cold and the door to the office was open so that drivers could come in with their paperwork instead of standing outside pushing it through a small window.
This is when I got hit with this bloody virus. I was severely blocked up, racking cough, headaches and suchlike. Coughing was causing vomitting then came the the runs and 24 hours of hell on earth. It was passed onto me by a foreign driver, as we had no local drivers in that day, all off on holiday. That part is fact. I tried every cough and cold medication on the shelf, nothing would shift it. In the end, last week, went to the doc who gave me penicillin. That has cleared the illness, but not the cough.
Its now January 27th 2008 and I still have the cough and it wakes me up on occasion. My wife also has it but worse and is still fairly bad now.
What next?
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