Astute. Perspectives change for those nearing the end of life of course: "it's only a year" means something different when you've only a couple left. I though

Astute. Perspectives change for those nearing the end of life of course: "it's only a year" means something different when you've only a couple left. I thought that the cruelest aspect of the lockdowns was their application to those with dementia. One day you're in a room with the other residents, watching some rubbish on the TV, occasional visits from people who claim to be your children (though you don't recognise them), life's not too bad. The next you're isolated and alone in a room, no human contact except the occasional person in a mask who brings food, and you can't work out what you've done wrong to deserve this punishment. For month after month. Those faces pressed against the windows of nursing homes still haunt me.