Notmyrealname855 Wed 22-Apr-20 18:59:31

I don’t think people are shocked that old people are so affected by it? Isn’t it more the way they die - usually alone and usually without loved ones. And families not being able to grieve properly, with people being close to support you, or funerals. Being part of the wider news, seeing people break the rules and barely having the energy to say how awful that is. And yes going earlier than expected - even if only a few weeks earlier, well it’s still a shock. I say this as someone who has lost a family friend to corona with more neighbours in ICU with it. I’d be distraught if a relative in a care home died from/ with it as the care home system is obviously often sensitive to helping loved ones pass on with dignity and in some comfort, instead it’s out of their control so much and the homes are seeming now more like death sentences because of how vulnerable they are. Spare a thought for care workers there - yes they see people pass on, but not in such compressed time periods. Also the PPE problem and care homes having been left on their own in this mess. Very sad