Letters to the Editor (12/15/21)
Protect the Victim I am deeply disappointed in Seven Days' decision to publish identifying details about the sexual abuse of a Vermont youth by teacher...
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Protect the Victim I am deeply disappointed in Seven Days' decision to publish identifying details about the sexual abuse of a Vermont youth by teacher...
Joan Bruns Jean Baker and her mother, Joan Bruns, lived just 10 miles from one another, but they endured the pandemic apart. Baker's weekly visits to see Bruns at Elderwood at Burlington, the nursing home in the city's New North End, ended abruptly in March when such homes began indefinite lockdowns. During phone calls, Baker could hear the isolation wearing on her 87-year-old parent. Physically ailing but mentally "very sharp," Bruns became increasingly lonely. Some days she refused to get out of bed, Baker said. Mother a...