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"Who says it only affects the old": Politicians make moving obituary notice about Corona public

2020-12-21T16:01:49.854Z


Behind every dead person who died of or with Corona there is an individual fate - a member of the Bundestag made this clear with an emotional post.


Behind every dead person who died of or with Corona there is an individual fate - a member of the Bundestag made this clear with an emotional post.

  • An

    obituary notice

    that the

    CDU politician

    Torbjörn Kartes

    shared on Twitter, many people moved.

  • The

    obituary

    is

    saying goodbye to

    a

    family man

    who was

    infected

    with the

    coronavirus

    *

    .

  • The

    MP

    shares the posting with an emotional question.

    “Do you want to die at 70?” He writes.

Berlin - that their own family will be

infected

with the

corona virus

*

-

many people are currently particularly afraid of this.

There is particularly great concern about older relatives, such as one's own grandparents.

After all,

older people belong to the so-called risk groups

.

Thoughtful now a made

German politicians

with a

posting on Twitter

.

Torbjörn Kartes, CDU politician and member of the German Bundestag

, shared an

obituary notice

that he

said

he found in his local newspaper.

Coronavirus: CDU politician shares obituary on Twitter - "We wanted to protect you"

The

obituary notice

, which is provided with a long text, was published in December 2020. In the middle of the advertisement is

written

Papa

in large black letters

.

Including the

numbers "1950 - 2020"

.

"For months we 'locked up' you and mom, isolated you," it says above.

And: "We wanted to protect you."

This obituary in my local newspaper moved me very much today.

Who says it only affects the old: Do you want to die at 70?

Do you want to lose your father at 47?

Every life is worth the same.

#aha #together against corona pic.twitter.com/JugMeEt46p

- Torbjörn Kartes (@KartesMdB) December 18, 2020

The

text

, which was probably written by the

children of the person who died of Corona, also states

that the father ultimately had to be hospitalized.

“Of all places, where we thought you were safe, you finally got infected,” it continues.

The deceased "succumbed to an illness that is still

denied

by numerous '

lateral thinkers

'."

MP shares moving obituary on Twitter - "Do you want to die at 70?"

The helplessness can be felt from the lines.

Why is it getting us now?

“Asks the author.

“For 47 years in this world I have only known this with you. Life will be different.

We will now take your place and take care of mom, continue to try to protect her ”, it is also written.

The

member of the Bundestag

was

very moved by

this

ad

, he said on

Twitter

.

“Who says it only affects the old: Do you want to die at 70?

Do you want to lose your father at 47?

Every life is worth the same, ”he writes.

Other users also reacted emotionally to the Corona * obituary notice - and even shared similar

tragic stories

.

“I could just write 'MAMA' in the ad.

Infected by the nursing staff in the home, died in the clinic at the end of November, ”is one of the sad answers.

(

nema

) (* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network)

Coronavirus in Germany: The current situation in the Federal Republic

The corona situation in Germany is currently worsening.

The Robert Koch Institute recently reported a record value.

Meanwhile, the approval of a corona vaccine gives rise to hope.

Source: merkur

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