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1/4 I know what it is like to be badly ill, both chronically and acutely.
I also know what it it like to lose loved ones, my sister and my father both died from cancer within 21 days of each in 2014, my best friend died 9 months later from the same disease.
I also know what it it like to lose loved ones, my sister and my father both died from cancer within 21 days of each in 2014, my best friend died 9 months later from the same disease.
2/4 But I would never ever want our civil liberties destroyed, the economy obliterated, the right to chose what's best for our bodies taken away, people's health needs ignored, and a famine in the developing world, just to stop a virus not deadly to most, in case it affected me.
3/4 Anyone who does want all of this are being irrational, hysterical and shortsighted. Death and illness are part of life. We cannot escape these very human experiences and if we attempt to do so we destroy ourselves in the process.
4/4 I have written on my experiences with illness and my loved ones dying. If anyone wants to read my pieces on these let me know and I will post the links below.
