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Starmer says cost of sickness benefits 'devastating' - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think you may be getting unfairly downvoted for this particular comment. Because yes, the focus should be on prevention - lack of exercise and poor diet on the physical side and the breakdown of in-person community and brainrot screen time on the mental side.

Too many people are losing control of their lives for avoidable reasons and that is what should be addressed.

The point obviously remains that removing people's support after they have become ill is a bad idea and there are also people who are sick/disabled for unavoidable reasons e.g accidents, violence, genetic disorders etc.

I hope this conversation has helped change your mind about sick people a bit. We're all guilty of not thinking things through sometimes and there are a lot of malevolent voices shouting for our attention.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because yes, the focus should be on prevention

Great idea. But it's far from the case that all forms of illness are preventable. And prevention strategies don't always work perfectly: sometimes they improve people's odds of avoiding a disease, but don't work in every case.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Great idea. But it's far from the case that all forms of illness are preventable.

Of course; if you read the third paragraph of my you'll see that we agree.