The pandemic has proved that the Conservatives have no interest in protecting vulnerable people like my father, says David Garfinkel of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
The pandemic has proved that the Conservatives have no interest in protecting vulnerable people like my father‘The prime minister has become a walking public health hazard who puts lives at risk.’‘The prime minister has become a walking public health hazard who puts lives at risk.’I
Like many people, growing up I took my political cues from my dad. On 11 August last year, at 3.03pm, he passed away after a short battle against Covid, a disease that lasted a mere 11 days from when he first tested positive. He was one of the millions of shielders in the UK who were given a stark choice on “freedom day” last July: stay a prisoner in your own home or risk your life when venturing out.
Of course, any restrictions the government introduces in the future if we face new, more dangerous variants will probably be pointless. Who will listen to rules from a government that couldn’t care less about obeying the rules themselves? My dad passed away from Covid-19 on his own, without his family at his side. We barely saw him during the previous 18 months, as we did everything we could to protect each other and our communities.
Meanwhile, politicians and their advisers in 10 Downing Street were apparently breaking their own laws, regularly and obnoxiously. Every news story about yet more Downing Street parties has been devastating for those who have lost loved ones to Covid. The pandemic has been unbelievably hard on so many people. But those who stuck to the rules can at least say we did everything to protect others. That’s something some of those working in Downing Street cannot say.
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