Helen and Sarah,
I apologize to you both if I have in any way offended either of you. I am simply asking that we keep our minds open and our hearts open so we can truly understand what is happening in these challenging times, and to work together toward rebuilding our businesses in an ethical and rational way. So...in that regard, and as I promised, here are two small documented points (among many many others) that can perhaps shed some light, I hope:
1. Please don’t believe me….please watch this national reporter, reporting about her investigation into a questionable account of an infant death in her home state, Connecticut:
Candace Owens was live.
The headline from Facebook reads:
"BREAKING NEWS!! Office of Governor Ned Lamont LIED about the infant death in Connecticut. He should be forced to resign!"
This was posted about noon CDT on 4 3 2020: please watch her livestream report and please form your own opinions:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/realCandaceOwens/posts/
2. While many of us in the travel industry, including us AirBnB hosts, have seen our income nearly evaporate, other parts of the economy are flourishing:
NHS is now going to get a large reward for their efforts to fight covit-19:
"Budget: Extra £5 Billion for the NHS to Combat COVID-19"
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926631
PLEASE Don’t misunderstand me: any death is a sad event and millions of people die every year from infectious diseases, long before covid came along. All of those deaths are personal and all of them cause personal and emotional and financial implications for those who are left behind to mourn their passing, including me, in my personal experiences.
I’m simply trying to say that when deaths are blamed on the wrong cause for the sake of money while the rest of us are left in the cold without income because the machine says we have to shut our businesses down, there’s seriously something wrong. That’s it.
It doesn’t make someone’s death more meaningful if people misrepresent the facts and the cause for political and / or monetary purposes. It is a double tragedy and maybe (according to Candice Owens) even a crime. It is certainly a disservice to those who have passed on.
I am simply trying to appeal to all of us in this community to try to stay informed, keep level heads, and make decisions based on facts and common sense. If we can do that I think we will all be better off, and we can get back to the business that we’re here for. That’s all.