Smokescreens And Mask Poem by Mark Heathcote

Today I'm ordered, and I'm told to don our PPE.
On the same day, our PM is a guest of honour.
At Hexham General Hospital in Northumberland,  
caught on camera not wearing his in a corridor.

Today I'm told I didn't check for vaccination status.
by the same network manager who didn't ask me
if I had a mask exemption, which in itself
contravenes the 2010 Discrimination Act.

Today many anti-vaxxers are sacked or leave work.
given a final deadline, these heroes are expendable
They're not crucial anymore to our overworked 
already depleted once dependable numbers. 
 
Today the world is moving forward out of a pandemic.
that leaves us hiding behind smokescreens and masks
While the people ask for the truth, why did so many die?
That could have been saved; is their competence to blame?  

Today we hear it said again we followed the science.
we followed the science,  
We followed the science, attended by walls of silence.
But all we think is what a load of bollocks.