‘The arts must be stimulated to fight the pandemic of fear’

• I AM sorry but the statistics of science are not enough for prevention of the spreading of diseases… theatre, music, poetry, even church worship, reach parts of the psyche that deductive things cannot reach.

People physically participating and creating together, produce endorphins that boost the immune system, to fight and ward off disease, physically, psychologically either real or imagined. A must in any anxiety-fear-created pandemic.

The arts must be stimulated and brought into production; for the health of the country; to fight the pandemic of fear. The hospitality industry is too important, not only financially but socially.

Life is not just about being safe, it’s about the quality of life. Life is to be lived. If the hope of the future is destroyed, people will die inside. It will really then be corona’geddon!

DES MARSHALL,
NW3