‘Isolation Kills Too’—Mary Daniel on Becoming a Dishwasher to See Her Husband; Advising Gov DeSantis

Very moving story! Congratulations to The Epoch Times and Jan Jekielek!

What a highly irrational, extreme, and long lasting overreaction and induced mass hysteria over a fairly harmless virus can do! Government failure and government paternalism at its worst!

"Eight years ago, Mary Daniel’s husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. On March 10, 2020, Mary Daniel went to visit her husband at the Rosecastle Assisted Living and Memory Care facility as she did every evening after work.

What Daniel did not realize was the next day she’d be told she could not come back—because of new lockdown measures.

“The days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months,” Daniel said. “My fear was that… I was going to miss that window of opportunity where he knew me and knew our love.”

Mary Daniel eventually got in as a dishwasher at her husband’s facility, and her story gained nationwide attention. Discovering thousands of Americans in similar situations, she founded the group “Caregivers for Compromise—Because Isolation Kills Too.”"

(49) ‘Isolation Kills Too’—Mary Daniel on Becoming a Dishwasher to See Her Husband; Advising Gov DeSantis - YouTube

An assisted-living facility isn’t allowing visitors. This woman became a dishwasher there to see her husband

Lockdowns shut down Mom and Pop businesses en masse across the United States

The side effects or collateral damage by authoritarian and wrong government policies to deal with the pandemic are enormous and are probably far outweighing their presumed benefits! These effects are devastating to say the least in response to a fairly harmless virus!

"... Yelp ’s Local Economic Impact Report found that, from March 1 through Aug. 31, nearly 100,000 businesses listed on Yelp had closed permanently due to the pandemic, an average of more than 500 a day. ...

Consider restaurants, America’s second-largest source of private employment. According to the National Restaurant Association, 110,000 have permanently closed and more than 500,000 are “in an unprecedented economic decline.” In November alone, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, restaurants and bars lost 17,400 jobs as new state lockdowns took effect. ...
In addition to destroying the accomplishments of thousands of American entrepreneurs and the jobs they create, lockdowns are forcing retail to consolidate around large national brands, which are better positioned to survive the pandemic. ..."

Lockdowns Starve Mom and Pop - WSJ Paying customers are the best stimulus for any small business.