Don't you think it rather odd that we are even mentioning an unelected political 'adviser' Dominic Cummings as a player in the same breath as the infected elderly and vulnerable dispatched from hospital to care homes where uninfected elderly and vulnerable reside.
Not forgetting that no provision was made to provide protective clothing for carers who in many instances had little or no training in dealing with what happens in a pandemic.
Smacks to me as akin to biological warfare against the elderly which flies in the face of any pretence of us being a caring and nurturing society.
When this is over, I await the inquest (if any) into this particular situation with interest.
The carers who are "outside the NHS" have been treated appallingly, IMO, and they don't even get paid very much. Yet, those I have seen interviewed in the media seem absolutely dedicated to the people they look after.
I take a very dim view of the fact that all those patients were kicked out of hospital in the first place, but this isn't a new phenomenon. The NHS always wants to get people out of hospital as soon as possible, often before they have recovered sufficiently. It's not only elderly people either. These days, you need to be in danger of dying before you can get a hospital bed-----IMO.
What is happening in many care homes is appalling, but I feel even sorrier for elderly people who live alone in their own homes, and who rely on carers who might or might not turn up.
Dominic Cummings has far too much influence------again, my opinion, and I don't like it. However, I wont go as far as to say he wants elderly people to die. As far as I know, there is no actual evidence that he said it--------or is there?
