An obituary that speaks to many people in America
American Thinker,
by
Andrea Widburg
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
1/2/2021 6:25:27 AM
A big question for 2021 is whether Americans will continue to put up with the lockdowns. An obituary honoring an 86-year-old man in Bismarck, North Dakota, may reflect a rising tide of anger that sees Americans rebel against the arbitrary, capricious lockdown regulations that hypocritical politicians impose. The obituary, in addition to celebrating a true American, tells the brutal truth about how this man died all alone, kept from his family for almost a year, because of lockdown policies that arguably have made no difference whatsoever.
If you cast your mind back over the endless year that was 2020,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
PChristopher 1/2/2021 6:52:51 AM (No. 647002)
Interesting how lockdown restrictions are very much like gun control....the more you have, the greater the number of incidents. Liberals not only never learn, they don't want to learn.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 1/2/2021 6:53:43 AM (No. 647003)
I have told my kids from the beginning that the numbers just aren't there to impose this isolation on people, to take peoples livelihoods away, and do so much damage to society and the economy. Most of the lapdog press are going along with this lockstep and barrel. Kids are doing it for the greater good, grandkids understand that they have to sacrifice for the greater good (way to brain wash Nazis, oops I mean press and politicians).. At this point, one can't believe any politician. President Trump isn't a political so I do believe him.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Cindiana 1/2/2021 9:30:57 AM (No. 647102)
I can only speak for myself, but I'd guess there are many, many more in situations similar to mine. As painful as it is to have my 92 year-old mother in a care facility, it would be impossible for me to "liberate" her. Her dementia rages on. She broke her hip, had surgery, dislocated the prosthesis three times because her mind no longer controls her body, behavior, or ability to reason. That led to a complete hip replacement...and yet more anesthesia that has contributed to her mental decline. She is a major fall risk. She is rapidly losing the ability to communicate at even the simplest level. More often than not, our phone "conversations" consist of listening to her making horrible moaning, crying, and screaming sounds. She is on heavy-duty medications that must be monitored daily.
How could I "liberate" her and care for her in my home? She requires 24/7 care. There is no such thing as saying goodnight, tucking her in, and having her sleep through the night. Day and night have no meaning in her world. I don't have bathroom facilities on the ground level of my home to accommodate her wheelchair and showering needs. She needs help eating. She can't even be amused or distracted by television or music. She can no longer read. And she is physically aggressive! My husband's 95 year-old mother is also alive, and we have those responsibilities. Based on their ages, you can easily note that my husband and I are not young. He is still working to help with care expense, and still travels frequently which leaves me home alone. I, as one person, cannot physically care for my mother and my husband's mother. And add in Covid and all the complications added. I could go on....
It is deeply depressing and psychologically exhausting to have my mother where she is, but her needs are so beyond what I could provide. I wish she were a sweet, quiet, gentle little lady who can while away her day peacefully and SAFELY, while we knit and have tea together. I would ask those who question why my mother, and so many like her, can't be "liberated" from her facility would consider that, sometimes, there is simply no better option. I live with plenty of guilt, but not because I turn a blind eye to her plight.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Kate318 1/2/2021 9:48:13 AM (No. 647118)
Many are doing just that, OP. I have a friend who was in on the ground floor of creating a medical concierge service. While the business has had a slow but steady growth, the lockdowns of elderly care facilities during Covid has resulted in an explosion of children and grandchildren who are taking their relatives out of those facilities and hiring the concierge service to help care for them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Kate318 1/2/2021 9:49:31 AM (No. 647123)
Forgot the most important part: at home. Helping care for them at home.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LadyVet 1/2/2021 9:56:36 AM (No. 647128)
Bless you, #3, and your loved ones. You have had to make tough choices. But you still deserve freedom to make the best choice for your circumstance.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/2/2021 9:58:33 AM (No. 647130)
Bottom line - if lockdowns (and masks) worked, the virus would have died off by May. 9 months of this and I still don’t personally know anyone who has had the virus. And the numbers are the biggest lies of the 21st century.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
OK state mom 1/2/2021 1:02:06 PM (No. 647273)
#7 Consider yourself blessed to not "personally" know anyone who has had Covid. My neighbor is in day 20 of it and still not back to 100%.
I know one family that took their 2 month old to the wife's family Christmas. He had a "cold" that turned out to be Covid. The parents, aunts/uncles, cousins, grandparents and 80 yo great grandmother all now have or had Covid.
I admit the numbers are not accurate but that doesn't mean it is not real.
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Tragic and sad. But these are care homes, not prisons. Why can't people liberate their family members from these facilities??