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Diana Murray's avatar

This is a brilliant article. It brings to mind the Margaret Mead quotation:

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

I've always thought that Mead was half right. A small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world for the better. A small group of well-placed malevolent sociopaths can do the same for the worse - indeed, the latter is far more common than the former.

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So if we can't definitively say that masks work, can we start to push back with all the HARMS that mask wearing is wreaking on our elderly residents in care homes. Not seeing facial expressions of their care givers, visitors and family for 3 years is a form of abuse. I'm sorry but my father deserves better and I bet if you asked him (he has dementia that prevents him from verbalizing his thoughts, but most of the time you can tell he understands what you are talking about), he wouldn't care at all about some possible risk of contracting Covid or anything else. The facts are that he is unvaccinated, caught Covid (supposedly as we have never been given a straight answer as to how they diagnosed it -they say he "had Covid symptoms") and survived despite his family refusing to allow him to be put on Paxlovid or Remdesivir. The truth is that he IS going to die in that care home, he knows it and we know it and it is cruel and unusual punishment to continue with these protocols. I think its time for families and residents and care home staff to have a say in their home and work environment and let those who just want to go on and accept the risk - unvaccinated or not with full activities available again, regular visiting for families and friends and unmasked staff. This has gone on for far too long and our elderly deserve to live their last years in a humane and caring environment.

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