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Quarantine check in
Sakabelle:
I can sympathize a bit with the older people. My grandma can barely see so she always goes the wrong way in the grocery store. She also said she was done with social distancing and she wants to still see us (I am also done with it but we had decided not to pressure her at all because obviously she’s highest at risk) and she basically said “I’m 93, I’ve lived my live, I want to see my great grand babies.” I get it, for us it’s like okay if we have to stay separate there’s a fairly high chance well all still be around in a year. At 93, that is not a guarantee at all.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 17, 2020, 09:24:48 AM ---The old people are the worst!! I can't tell if they're clueless or just don't care. I wanna be like, "You realize you're the most at risk and the main reason we have all these precautions in place, right?? Wake up, people!"
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My dad is going insane. He's listening and staying home but he's hating it lol. But he also sees the videos of people not being careful and says they're stupid lol
mare:
I especially feel bad for the older people stuck in nursing homes. I mean, those places are so dreary and depressing to begin with, let alone not being allowed to have visitors. I see why older people have that attitude where they feel like “I’m old, I have lived a good life! So I’m just going to go out and do what I want!” But there are high risk people who aren’t older and you can get them sick too, not to mention your own family. It sucks but that’s the way it goes. I know it’s been a long time, but it’s going to be even longer if people don’t keep up with wearing masks and staying inside.
Supposedly there are a whole gaggle of morons already waiting to get into orange hitlers rally on Saturday. I mean... come on! Seriously?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on June 17, 2020, 10:59:46 AM ---I can sympathize a bit with the older people. My grandma can barely see so she always goes the wrong way in the grocery store. She also said she was done with social distancing and she wants to still see us (I am also done with it but we had decided not to pressure her at all because obviously she’s highest at risk) and she basically said “I’m 93, I’ve lived my live, I want to see my great grand babies.” I get it, for us it’s like okay if we have to stay separate there’s a fairly high chance well all still be around in a year. At 93, that is not a guarantee at all.
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My grandma is the same way. We stayed away from her the first two months so as not to risk exposing her, but by May, she was done with it all, so we started visiting her again at her request. She even had me take her grocery shopping a few weeks ago because she was going stir-crazy and wanted to get out of the house. I kept telling her I would go get her groceries myself or she could wait in the car, but she insisted on going in with me. I do get it; she's 86 and doesn't want to waste the rest of her life sitting around her house all by herself. To her, it's worth the risk to see people and go places when she can.
Carter-Orange:
My mum is 69 and hasn't been out since lockdown as she was one of the people who had a letter saying she had to shield at home for 12 weeks (which has now been extended until August). She had breast cancer and finished her radiotherapy a few weeks before lockdown, so she doesn't want to risk getting Covid. So she's getting her shopping online and we are visiting her but staying two metres away and standing in the garden.
I understand that some older people probably think they would rather risk it and go out and about, but they should also consider others and keep their distance in shops. My sister had some old woman cough in her face when she was food shopping, and a few days later my sister became very unwell with Covid. Luckily she didn't need to go to hospital, but she very nearly ended up there as she has a lot of other health problems. If only the old woman had worn a mask or even kept her distance then she wouldn't have infected anyone.
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