A small child struggles to catch a breath;
His mother pulls his mask over his nose.
To make the world a safer place.
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A lonely woman whiles away her days in a dark room.
No visitors allowed.
To make the world a safer place.
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A man breathes his last dying breath;
His family is forced to watch on from a distance.
To make the world a safer place.
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A nurse works hard through a pandemic;
In return, she is dismissed for saying “no” to a medication she doesn’t need.
To make the world a safer place.
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A boy is deprived of two years of education;
And set back for life.
To make the world a safer place.
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A first-time father sits in his cold car as his wife gives birth
Because of hospital protocols.
To make the world a safer place.
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Public testimony before a Senate hearing
Is scrubbed from Youtube
To make the world a safer place.
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An elderly couple sit ensconced in N95 masks on a park bench,
Because the media put the fear of God into them.
To make the world a safer place.
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A teacher feels suffocated as he shouts through his mask;
His principal warns him to mask up, or lose his job.
To make the world a safer place.
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A couple of newly-weds sit down for a coffee;
Their heart sink as the waitress recites, “Where is your QR Code?”
To make the world a safer place.
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A doctor desperately wants to cure his patients;
Hospital authorities force him to watch them die.
To make the world a safer place.
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A family just wants to see their sick daughter;
The hospital denies them access because they’re unvaccinated.
To make the world a safer place.
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A family business opens its doors, just to keep going;
Neighbours report them to the authorities.
To make the world a safer place.
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A patient struggles for breath, and begs for relief;
Doctors say their hands are tied by drug regulators.
To make the world a safer place.
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A lecturer is pushed out of her job
For exercising her right to informed consent
To make the world a safer place.
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A family wants to emigrate in search of freedom;
But their government won’t let them leave.
To make the world a safer place.
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An infant struggles to find meaning in a face;
But is enveloped in a sea of unexpressive masks.
To make the world a safer place.
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A healthy athlete collapses with heart palpitations
After a game.
To make the world a safer place.
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A deaf woman wants to read lips, and understand,
But all lips are concealed from her.
To make the world a safer place.
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A son in perfect health longs to see his parents;
But border testing doubles his travel costs.
To make the world a safer place.
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A young woman is desperate to find hope and warmth,
But she can’t even go for a coffee because she doesn’t have a Covid Pass.
To make the world a safer place.
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A teenage girl throws herself out a window
Because not seeing her friends anymore tipped her over the edge.
To make the world a safer place.
I wish this were fiction😞
Heartbreaking because true.