Scottish COVID-19 inquiry|Closing Statements|Health and Social Care Impact Hearings|28 June 2024 (morning session)
Harrowing testimony. Solicitor Simon Crabb representing PAMIS.
Introduction
PAMIS is the only organisation in Scotland that works solely with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families for a better life.
Testimony highlights
Human rights abuses.
Disproportionate adverse impacts from restrictions on disabled people.
Withdrawal of health and social care services.
‘‘Horror’’ of isolation. Denied contact with family and loved ones.
Garden visits and ‘remote visits’ unsatisfactory.
Lockdown resulted in marked decline in physical and mental health.
Regular health check ups ceased.
Long term adverse lockdown impacts. An irretrievable loss of skills.
Families ‘brought to their kness’ denied help and support.
‘‘The impacts felt by persons with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families engaged their fundamental human rights.’’
‘‘The restrictions imposed greatly reduced their quality of life.’’
‘‘Cucial framework..CRUMBLED OVERNIGHT.’’
‘‘During lockdown, those individuals in care homes or supported accommodation faced..
..the horror of being summarily denied contact with loved ones.’’
‘‘Falls and other injuries remained undiagnosed.’’
'‘Postural care is a key aspect of care with people with PMLD and there is DRAMATIC effect when it is reduced…
..Poor posture (can effect) RESPIRATORY FUNTION.'‘
Statement highlights
‘‘The Inquiry has heard evidence of the devastating effect the immediate and extensive removal of services had on people with PMLD and their families.’’
‘‘Pat Graham and Jenny Miller said families found this`’terrifying’', as everyone walked away.’’
-Paragraph 9
‘‘In August 2021 the majority (64%) of those with learning disabiliies and those with MSLD (80%) reported NO CONACT with health professionals during the last four weeks.’’
‘'As at December 2020, almost all day and respite services had stopped.’’
-Paragraph 10
‘‘Several witnesses spoke of the marked decline in health of their loved ones, physically and mentally.’’
-Paragraph 15
‘‘Postural care is a key aspect of care for people with PMLD. There is a dramatic effect if it is reduced.’’
‘‘Poor posture can have a consequential effect on the body, and importantly…
..on respiratory function.’’
-Paragraph 17
‘‘There was evidence that the Covid restrictions have caused a long-term impact on mood and behaviour, with a loss of confidence, and decline in cognitive ability leading to an…
….irretrievable loss of skills.’’
-Paragraph 18
A mother explains the impact of lockdown on her daughter
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Yet more shocking revelations.
‘‘Generally, families felt that persons with PMLD would be…
..de-prioritised if they endedup in hospital.’’
‘‘Those who were assessed as..'‘to be treated’'…
…those with learning difficulties were at the bottom of the pile."
-Paragraphs 22-23
Masks
A stunning point on face masks.
‘‘Masks could significantly compromise health where the user has respiratory issues.’’
-Paragraph 25
‘‘Even when civil servants consulted PAMIS, their input was ignored.’’
-Paragraph 37
Thoughts
Does this sounds like lockdown ‘‘protecting the vulnerable’’ from ‘COVID’ or lockdown harming the vulnerable under the guise of ‘COVID’?
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End
Truthfully my mind cannot go to the suffering the vulnerable experienced during the shut down of society. We can try to empathise but we cannot walk their journey, society turned its back on them, the people who most rely on functional health and social services but they were ruthlessly shut off from it. These are the very people whose day to day existence is precariously balanced and they only need a small alteration in their support system to push them into a downward spiral. There was no excuse for doing this, why would we deprive the mentally and physically frail of social and health care in a time of need? In what civilised, sane world does any of this make sense? They were abandoned as if they were disposable. There are so many questions that need to be asked and answered but the people that brought this down on our heads are determinedly looking in the opposite direction.
This would all be bad enough if there had been an actual, real threat to which there was a completely hysterical overreaction.
But the whole thing is even worse because there never was a real threat. It simply does not exist. Nowhere in the world can the experts provide evidence of a virus. The entire human race has been used, deceived and damaged by a gigantic lie. The greatest crime of all time.