I've read too many times that the lives of 'vulnerable' people should be sacrificed, in whatever sense, so that everyone else can 'get back to normal.' This isn't theoretical, it's personal. To me. If you think, or say that stuff, do you know what it says to me when I read it? 1n

It makes me think you think the lives of disabled/elderly/unwell people are worth less than those who are, at the moment, none of those things. It makes me wonder if you realise you may well, sadly, be any of them, or all of them, someday. 2n

It makes me wonder what you would do in response to a govt policy, now or in the more distant future, which said that 'we can't possibly afford to support people' or something like that. Would you vote for a party saying that? I wonder these things 3n

All of us have changing circumstances. Not all of us live to an old age, but all of us are vulnerable, all of the time. All of us have underlying conditions. Some of us have over(?)lying conditions too. Do we want to live in a society that seeks to deny or demonise this idea? 4n

That's one of many things I think is at stake here. The slow, gentle progress towards a thinking which makes covert or overt eugenics seem to be a sensible policy. And that is not acceptable to me. 5n

If you're a Christian like me, the language being used in public discourse, often by prominent people of faith, ought to give us pause for thought. Is the value of a human life only measured in terms of an economic unit, our productivity and net give and take? 6n

We all need to come to terms with the uncomfortable truth that 'vulnerability' is a breath away for any of us. If and when you or I become vulnerable, how do we want the society we are part of to respond or treat us? 7n