"Seven hundred thousand people who have dementia in this country are not heard. I'm fortunate; I can be heard. Regrettably, it's amazing how people lis...

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.
~ Terry Pratchett ~












The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.
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