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The Phantom Honker's avatar

Aisling, I've said it before. These longterm nursing home residents were "taken off the payroll".

The states bank bailout of 2010 costing us €82 billion was made up in part with a €17 billion contribution from the state pension fund. The pension cupboard was practically bare. Covid was the perfect cover to ease the financial burden, made up of non productive pensioners.

It's always about the fucking money, and who keeps it.

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Anna cogan's avatar

Not permitting families to visit facilitated this process. It was always the family visits that safeguarded vulnerable people. Keeping them ‘safe’. It was very clever, very dark. I recall a video by a British care home assistant describing how she sneaked in at night to give patients with DNRs babyfood and water, haunted by their physical distress in being denied food or water. Staff were told to do this, and they faced dismissal if non adherent. It was a horror and a major test of morality and basic humanity...

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