We weren’t very close, but I do talk to his son frequently. I cannot even say goodbye to him on the hospice ward because the hospital is only allowing 1 visitor per day due to some Covid rules they’ve put into play. That would mean that if I went tomorrow morning, then the hospital would turn away one of my two cousins or worse yet his wife of almost 40 years.
I had a girlfriend and we broke up recently. Her family is from the Philippines and its even worse there. Each island is a province (there are like 7000 islands, I think) and people haven’t been able to leave their province this whole time to see their elderly relatives for 7 months and vice versa due to quarantine. Can you imagine that? It enrages me to think about. These bastard politicians in every country who propagated this irrational fear knowingly should be hunted like dogs and torn to pieces. The lives torn apart, the businesses broken, the fortunes and nest eggs destroyed...these bastards have to pay.
No syrupy well wishes, please. Thanks.
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[–] whatisbestinlife 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
dress up like a doctor or nurse and go say goodbye. or just walk in and say you are giving a stool sample and then go take the elevator to his room.
[–] QueensNewYorkGuy [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Those are good ideas, but they have tightened up hospital security quite a bit since Covid. I am going to call and see what’s up later. I have never been in that ward. Maybe because of the circumstances (Hospice), they’ll cut me some slack and not fuck over my aunt later in the day. I know that in regular rooms and ICU, they were only letting in 2 per day and then 2 weeks ago, they went down to 1.
[–] whatisbestinlife 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
do they share the room with anyone? can you give their name as the person you are visiting? anyone else on the level? flower delivery man? what about renting a wheelchair and putting on a fake cast? no one is going to ask you many questions. and if so do a little homework. i believe in you New York Ninja