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by dannyr 2288 days ago
The thing is these millions of elderly people dying are someone else's relatives.

It could even be yours.

Will you be ok with that?

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What about the millions of elderly people who will die this year of natural causes and whose final moments on Earth will now be of loneliness, boredom, and despair?

Depending on the duration, of course, the lockdowns seem to have the potential to be much crueler and sadder than an earlier death.

> Will you be ok with that?

I am sorely tempted to answer this honestly.