Thread by @BillyBostickson

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin Well no, i read it with an open mind and had some reservations about the timing claims, but at the same in light of the spike in care home deaths as well as the well known UK custom of murdering the elderly with opiods (Gosport case)

theguardian.com/society/2019/a…,

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin Then considering the furore in France about the use of Rivotril in care homes, I felt it would be wrong to dismiss the claims
Family members of French nursing home residents to seek accountability for the deaths of 10s of 1000s of loved ones from Covid-19
france24.com/en/europe/2021…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin The French certainly took this issue seriously, see Alliance VITA:

Coronavirus: Rivotril® and Biomedical Ethics

alliancevita.org/en/2020/04/cor…

So not sure why you are dismissing it out of hand

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin It is essential that countries such as the UK and others in Europe examine carefully the lessons of care home deaths amongst the elderly:

1. Tragedy unfolds as virus deaths rise in Europe’s homes for elderly
archive.ph/dwjFd

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 2. UK: Older people in care homes abandoned to die
amnesty.org/en/latest/pres…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 3. Please note that "while advanced age, and its associated health-related comorbidities, is linked to increased mortality risk from Covid-19 this, of itself, does not explain the high rate of death and serious harms experienced by care home residents"
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 4. Sweden

Many residents with Covid-19 were offered palliative care..in the form of a ‘palliative cocktail’; included morphine & midazolam, respiratory inhibiting drugs.

this practice amounted to ‘active euthanasia’

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 5. DNAR orders UK

Failure to protect care homes 'one of the most devastating policy failures of recent times', High Court hears

The government is accused of decisions that contributed to a "shocking" estimated death toll of 20,000 in the institutions.

news.sky.com/story/covid-19…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 6. Back to Sweden (same reasons as UK)

At least the Swedes are more honest than the Brits

Deadly COVID Discrimination against the Elderly in Sweden

nationalreview.com/corner/deadly-…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 7. Even the government has admitted that the strategy was misguided.

"We have to admit that when it comes to elderly care and the spread of infection, that has not worked," Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said. "Too many old people have died here."

bioedge.org/bioethics/ques…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 8. Further Evidence from Sweden

archive.ph/yxRK8

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 9. Back to France

“How many deaths on prescriptions in nursing homes or at home with Rivotril®, because of covid and refusals to hospitalize?” “

archyde.com/covid-chronicl…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 10. Midazolam not a good choice
1. Covid-19 can involve respiratory difficulties
2. "Intravenous midazolam has been associated with respiratory depression & respiratory arrest"
3. "it requires special precaution if used among the elderly & can repress efforts to breathe"

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin 11. Lanarkshire
Labour MSP Monica Lennon is demanding lessons are learned after shocking statistics have revealed the number of Covid-related deaths in care homes in South Lanarkshire, from March 2020 to 2021, 291 deaths were recorded in care facilities.
dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/l…

@ExpertisePoker @TheTexasPaladin Unroll Midazolam and Rivotril putting Granny and Grandpa to sleep in Brave New Europe and Hypocrisy UK, Ltd. @threadreaderapp