A bit more positive.

I am still reeling from the harsh response of the volunteer organisation I tried working for.   It has really damaged my confidence.    Having worked quite a lot with volunteers, their response was totally inappropriate and uncalled for, but if I try and challenge them or try and find away to make amends with them and move forward, there is no guarantee things would improve, so frustrating and painful though it is, I probably have to leave it with my reputation shattered.  I know that some of their conduct is inappropriate, but hope that it was a one off and that the rest of the time they are better than that.

There is a really lovely children's book called, "When a monster calls".  its message is that all humans, even in the good ones there is a bad element and similarly even baddies are capable of good, i.e. humans are complex.    I think that this would have been a useful lesson for me to learn at a young age, instead of always wanting and expecting people to be perfect.

However, I have had a more positive response from my local MP. A few days ago I wrote to him as follows:

ou have been kind enough to help when I have raised some issues with you on a personal level. Today though I want to raise three areas of concern with regard to the handling of the Coronavirus in the UK. 

1.)  Various drugs are being tested, but I have heard nothing to suggest that high doses of Vitamin C are being trialled correctly to see if they might be a way forward in supporting patients suffering from the virus.  They have been used in China and America, reportedly with some success,  but the research findings are not out yet.    If there is any chance that this is an effective treatment or support mechanism then it is vital that the UK also consider and research its use. 

2.) There is plenty of evidence now emerging that environmental factors are contributing substantially to the death rates in various key pockets for example if people live in highly polluted areas or if they are overweight.    These are factors that could and should have been addressed long before the pandemic which has been long expected arrived.     And while I understand why countries have been in lockdown because of the virus,  this number of people die every winter because of the pollution in our skies. Every day ordinarily we take our lives into our hands just by breathing, or eating.    No one shut down the economy, on the contrary people have been forced to work on to live on despite the crap in or food and in our air.  So why now are we being made fearful and is the economy in meltdown to deal with this new crisis.    There are aspects of this that make  no sense what so ever.  When the economy picks up there is a real danger that it will be business as usual, that the pollutants will rush into the air ever more than ever.  This must not be allowed to happen. It is incumbent on those in power that they address these crucial issues, but that we the public lead actively healthy lives too. 

3) More controversially perhaps - I urge the Government to extend the period for the negotiations taking place over Brexit.  On a personal level I feel that this Government has an agenda, it just wants us out whatsoever, and actually now you can use Coronavirus as an excuse for the wrecked economy rather than the decision to take us out of Europe.    Europe is deeply divided it is deeply flawed, we are out,  rightly or wrongly but please do extend the discussion time so that the transition is a smooth one as right now the country needs a steady way forward not more problems. 

I did not really expect an answer because I thought he would be snowed under, even though he is usually good at responding,  but I was wrong, back by post came this response: 

You make some excellent points and no stone should be left unturned in looking for treatments but also in helping our immune systems etc..... 

So an encouraging response.