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The coronavirus crisis shows that our traditional ideas about ‘security’ are totally wrong
Safety and security cannot be found in an ever-expanding military — and it’s taken a deadly pandemic to show this, says SYMON HILL
An Emergency Department Nurse

WHAT makes you safe? What makes you secure? There are many likely answers during the coronavirus crisis: the NHS, regular hand-washing, the support of family and friends. 

Many would feel safer if the NHS were better funded, if social care were more readily available, if mental health services were not woefully inadequate. 

But who would say that safety can be found in bombs and guns and a nuclear-armed military alliance? 

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