Stardate October (written Sept) 2021.....or should I say Covid date October 2021. Covid seems to rule the world as once again our thoughts have become focused on the virus that simply won't go away, the ultimate distraction if you like. It would appear the only way to beat this bad flu is for us all to vaccinate and limit its potency. That being said, for all of the infections we have had, there has been only one sad death (so far), that of a 90 year old Woman. I guess the danger of this virus is its ability to spread so easily and potentially overwhelm our outdated health system. The question then has to be asked, with all of the billions of dollars spent on Covid lockdowns and support, EV rebates, gun buybacks, etc etc, why was there never enough money in the budget for upgrading our Hospitals, health, roading, policing, and education infrastructure? We could have had a state of the art health system with the capacity to cope had any politician thought to build for the future.