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Heardoc's avatar

And it’s all done “for safety”- heaven forbid they get Covid! Instead let’s let them suffer from depression, isolation, paranoia. Seems much safer. And those that have hearing loss? Let’s condemn them to complete silence. Seems fair. Communication is so “yesterday” anyway.

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Kelly MD's avatar

It’s so depressing to think about. I’m so sorry for these sweet people. I will say that sometimes a kindly worded letter confronting this issue can be effective. Our local headstart program was still masking despite the requirement to go so. I call our program and was able to speak to the director about the issue of masking. I asked for her permission to email her the research and adverse effects of masking. I concluded with “sometimes you have to be brave and just go what’s right. We need to stop stealing from kids.” It worked! She stopped masking those precious babies that week. If you post vas that are still masking, I will write letters.

Thanks for bringing a light to these forgotten people!

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Jake Hull's avatar

f'ing ridiculous.

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eva writes stuff's avatar

Yup. Not that the VA has a good history of service to veterans.

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