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Becky LBM's avatar

Amen and Amen. As a follower of Christ I heartily agree with you. My heart aches for those who act in hatred and ignorance and feel they echo the heart of the God who loves us and reveals the intricacies of Knowledge and allows the advancement of healing - which includes science and medicine.

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Kerry Ott's avatar

As PIO of a very rural health department, I feel every word you wrote here. My faith has been battered and bruised. Our counties are very red politically. The threats were agonizing, along with silence from decades long friends because of my job. The anger from evangelicals was the hardest. I don't refer to myself as a Christian anymore, lest someone tag me as an evangelical. I now follow Jesus. My faith is quiet. I carry a great deal of pain.

I will never be the person I was "before" COVID. I am different now. Just when I thought there was a small glimmer of light, my 68 year old husband was dx'd with Alzheimer's and frontal lobe dementia. I am 7 years younger than him. His condition worsens daily. I went from the trauma of COVID to the trauma of dementia, with no moment to process any part of this.

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