1. Little Alfie Evans is still alive, even though his parents were forced by the courts to switch off his life support two days ago.
Alfie Evans in the UK is almost two but, for the little fighter and his parents Kate James and Tom Evans, those 23 months have been a lifetime of stress and heartache.
Alfie has an undiagnosed terminal condition and, two days ago, it seemed like Tom and Kate had forever lost their fight to transport their little boy to Italy for treatment. But Alfie is a fighter.
Even though his parents were forced by the justice system to switch off Alfie’s life support on the evening of Monday, April 23, Alfie is still alive two days later.
“Coming up to 24 hours and he’s fighting with his gorgeous features, pink lips, handsome grown up face, and odd cheeky smile now and again,” Tom posted to Facebook a day after the fateful moment.
“Our boy continues to fight with no suffering or indication of pain. Coming up to two days now, please save our son Lord,” is the most recent post from the anguished father.
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#4 It's not that they won't have to pay any longer; it's that they won't have to pay any more than they already do.
Grammar. The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit.
1. If the whole world is rooting for him, I say, has the whole world gone mad? He is in a vegetative state. He has almost no brain activity. He has no chance at a life. I understand the parents wanting to save their child, but he is already gone. He has been braindead for a long time. He doesn't exist anymore in the terms they want. The most kindest and unselfish thing would be to do nothing to discourage his death, and to want him released from his trapped body as soon as possible.
Yes, this case has brought out a lot of fanatical loons with their own agendas. Mix that together with grieving parents, a big pinch of Dunning-Kruger effect, and the internet, and you have a recipe for disaster. The incitement for violence towards and obstruction of healthcare workers during this tragedy has been disgraceful.