The article raises a lot of pertinent points though. My 80+ year old mum is self isolating at home. She rarely see's anyone to talk to in person and is not as physically active as she once was, using a walking frame to get around etc. Sure she gets a few phone calls from family etc. but it is not the same as a hug, a cuppa and good natter face to face. She,s feeling lonely.
This is being repeated in houses all across the world. Old people isolated and alone. What is the combined mental and physical toll of this going to be ? How many oldies will have falls and no-one finds them in time ? How many will have heart attacks, diabetes episodes and other medical traumas on their own, alone and unassisted ?
This wont show up in CORONA virus statistics, it will be tallied as just another old person who died of a heart attack. Write it up and move on.
Likewise how many business owners are going to lose their lives work, house etc. because of the shut downs ? How many will suffer mental trauma and possibly suicide ?
Shut downs are a necessity and have been the main reason Australia has been successful in containing the virus, but there needs to be care taken that it is not taken any further than absolutely necessary and businesses get the opportunity to return to some form of operation as quickly as possible.
Its a very fine balance and our politicians must not be distracted by the social media zealots who want everything shut down, as strict as possible, for as long as possible. These people don't understand or care about the collateral damage their ideas would cause.
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