This video is of an Italian doctor talking about the reality of not having enough medical equipment and supplies to try to save everyone. The “solution” is to essentially euthanize those who are ill and over 65 in order to care for younger people. It breaks my heart and clearly breaks his as well.
You really have to wonder if people had self-quarantined as recommended how much of a difference would it have made? Would choices have to be made of who is “worth” saving?
I am being cautious to an insane degree. I haven’t been in a store or public place in weeks. I order groceries online, drive to the grocery store and they bring it to my car and put it in the trunk. Even picking up medicine that required a signature and ID to be presented was done via the drive-thru at Walgreens and I used my own pen instead of the one they provided. I’m trying to be as smart as I can.
Staying home and out of public is all I can do besides pray, meditate, exercise, eat better and just try, overall, to take care of myself mentally and physically. But I’m 71 and I may not have a lot of time on this earth, virus or no virus.
At this age, you begin to realize that life may be short. That’s true for all, but especially after you head over 70. Death doesn’t terrify me, but I would hate to die or see others die as a result of another’s selfishness or stupidity.
While there are beautiful stories of young people and adults providing aid and doing marvelous deeds to try to help out, there are numerous videos of “young adults” laughingly videotaping themselves licking products in the stores and going to the beach for spring break, hanging out in parks, etc.
It is mainly those under 65 years old who can’t be bothered to self-quarantine and who are buying up essential items in order to try to make a profit from it. Yet these brainless, selfish idiots are the ones that people are essentially talking about euthanizing elderly to save. Let’s save those who have selfishly risked the lives of others because they have little to no empathy and live very narcissistic lives where their needs come first. It sounds like a sci-fi movie.
Most of the elderly have lived through “going without” and sacrificing in life in one form or another. Heck, with two alcoholic parents, we often had no food, sometimes no heat, OFTEN no toilet paper. That’s not an exaggeration. It was a way of life. My sister and I were laughing on the phone the other day about how we must have often gone around with black ink on our butts from wiping with newspapers, phone books, etc.
I remember times in school where we would have nothing in the house to eat but biscuits. There were no free school lunches. I would take a cold biscuit to eat for lunch, but didn’t dare eat that in the cafeteria. I would take my biscuit and go eat it in a stall in the girls’ restroom so no one would see me. I’m sure many of the over 65 group have experienced times of extreme want in all sorts of circumstances.
I don’t mention this as a “I used to walk 10 miles to school each day all uphill both ways” scenario. I mention it to say, we survive tough times. We can survive inconvenience and embarrassment. We can survive going without luxuries and social life.
Life can be rough at times, but you get through it if you look out for yourself and OTHERS. I have yet to see a picture of an elderly person with their grocery cart heaped high with TP, sanitizer, or food hoarded. Most can’t afford it, most have the mentality of looking out for their neighbor by not buying more than necessary. If greed and looking out for oneself to the detriment of those around hadn’t taken over, more than likely our grocery shelves would not be empty.
Most over 65 (myself included) would gladly prefer to be taken off a ventilator or refused treatment to save a family member, or a child, or any other good person. But the thought of unnecessary deaths because so many people couldn’t be inconvenienced or wanted to profit from this horrific situation is terrible.
Having to let elderly die is sad, but even sadder is the babies, the children, the loving parents, and the truly good people who have died or are dying because of selfishness and entitlement of others. The sad thing is these people will generally never be held responsible for ending the lives of others by contributing to the spread of the virus.
It would be wonderful if doctors could see inside our hearts to know the good from the evil. Maybe that would help them know who to treat and who to “let go”.
CONTRIBUTE TO SAVING LIVES….MAYBE YOUR OWN. STAY HOME.
This is so true and so sad.
It’s so hard to understand this level of selfishness and stupidity. Thank you for your blog.