15 May

I’ve been talking about Covid for the entire pandemic. Here’s a good example of why. I posted that mum was in hospital, for serious heart and lung issues. About 10 days later she was due to be released, but had a bad cough. The family asked that she be tested for Covid (the hospital hadn’t). She tested positive. Picked up in the hospital. There were no precautions being taken in the hospital by staff, as I’ve repeatedly posted about, the NSW Government is determined to pretend Covid is over. She’s in a very high risk group for Covid. 5 days of IV antiviral treatment later, she was released. The hospital didn’t test her for Covid before release. I assume getting the bed empty was the priority. She got home and tested herself the next day. Still positive. Meaning her partner was exposed for the entire night. He tested positive today. My sister is also positive, picked up while visiting mum in the hospital. Their GP has now prescribed an antiviral drug for my stepfather that GPs were told to stop using in 2022. This is ’living with’ Covid. We treat dogs and cattle better. There is no excuse for infecting already seriously ill people with an avoidable lethal virus, while under care in hospital. I’ll be taking this further.