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Oh, I would like to share one bit of good news. My nearly-92 year old mother had a short spell in hospital after she tripped over her zimmer frame. They wanted to arrange some home care for her to try to improve her walking ability and kept her in for a week, during which time she contracted coronavirus. This was detected by a daily temperature check on the ward. When the week, or 8 days, or whatever, was up they discharged her to me (complete with coronavirus), saying they'd do a care assessment later (but getting the care assessment was the reason for the bloody delay!! she could have been out the next day after her check-up. Grr!!). She was very weak, lay in bed all the time, and needed a lot of close and very personal attention from me. That was five weeks ago, that she caught it. And four weeks since she came back to me. I haven't had any symptoms of anything. Mum didn't have any symptoms either, it was just the high temp when she was on the ward. She has had two or three positive tests, so must have had it. No cough, no high temp (I also checked regularly). Once she thought she could smell gas in my house in a part where there is no gas. She has been extremely tired, but she was tired before, having only a couple of weeks beforehand got over bronchitis, which kept her bedbound. Many people who have contracted CV have said they're extremely fatigued; it's hard to tell what's CV-related from what might be normal after a debilitating illness. You'd think that with existing respiratory and heart difficulties, and limited mobility, my mum would be in very poor condition to fight off CV. But she has! Well done, mum!! She wants to live to be at least 95. Another three years to go, then. Why not?

Speaking of The Way and the coronavirus – I wonder if anyone in or out of TWI has heard of any other “official” or even unofficial responses or statements coming from upper leadership about the coronavirus other than what has already been said on this thread by Rubina. I was looking on TWI’s website ( here is The Way's website ) and did not find any articles that address the pandemic - I did not look at every article – so maybe something got overlooked. I read an article posted Dec 30th 2020 “The Lilies and Grass of the Field” by The Way (see below * on a side note) and it’s just their typical pat answers for nondescript problems. And if that isn’t a slap in the face to someone who may be seeking some real direction or practical advice during a crisis – if you scroll down to the end of the article it says “This is a reprint from the July/August 2012 issue of The Way Magazine. Copyright© 2012 by The Way International.” Holy crap – that’s the best they can do – recycle the same old pablum they served up to the masses 8 years ago! …just wondering if any TWI-followers have finally figured out that the coronavirus just doesn’t care about your religious or political associations…the coronavirus doesn’t care about what or who you believe in - or - don’t believe in…it doesn't care if you think it's a hoax...it doesn't care how much you study "The Word"...it doesn't care how much you abundantly share... …Just speculating here since I have very little to go on – being out of touch with TWI for some 34 years. I wonder if the pandemic is TWI’s elephant in the room - deliberately ignored because of the challenges it represents to TWI’s Fundamentalist-spiritualist-pseudoscience-self-serving-theology. A theology that is often pitted against real science and facts…"Are you going to believe God or are you going to believe what some man tells you? Are you going to trust what "The Word" says or are will you just rely on your five senses?" …even looking beyond the impact that the pandemic has had to how The Way International conducts day-to-day activities, I think of the cold and cruel "insulating" bubble they “create” around themselves - and FYI the field generator for this bubble is powered by the indoctrination process of TWI . TWI has never been community minded or charitably oriented. In times of great crises communities tend to pull together, secular and religious charities and even some local religious groups and businesses pitch in to help the hungry, homeless, etc.…But I’ve never heard of TWI doing anything that was beyond the welfare and interests of their little old way-world…yeah – what about that "great" way corps principle – go forth as leaders and workers in areas of concern, interest and need…what a farce !!! (…* on a side note – I noticed not any of the articles I looked at were attributed to a specific individual – the author is always listed as “by The Way – that seems kind of dubious to me… what’s the matter – is there no one in the hive-mind willing to stick their neck out? Are they playing it safe – afraid of criticism that would target one individual?) == == == == To end my post on a positive note - I’m thankful for the scientists, doctors, nurses, first-responders, frontline/essential workers, civic leaders, religious groups, secular groups, businesses, factories, truck drivers, shipping companies, folks who work in the restaurant industry, postal workers and any other individuals I forgot to mention who respect the science and the facts - who have compassion and empathy - and who do their part in the war on the coronavirus.