Quote Originally Posted by Edmond Hausfrau View Post
We already had a public health epidemic of isolation in our elderly population. Americans are not traditionally living in multigenerational housing. We have closed senior centers, shut nursing homes off from visitation, asked families not to physically hug the elderly. It's not safe to go to church in person at the present time, and for many seniors that is their last lifeline.
Please check on your elderly neighbors and acquaintances by any safe means (telephone, Skype, post it note on their door). They are suffering, and dying, in silence.
Just want to say that there are other out there who may not be "elderly" but have few family members or maybe friends. Sometimes it might be a single person who's job brought them to the area, maybe a student far from home renting a house or appartment or just a retired person or other person who because of the pandemic finds them self at home most of the time. I kind of fit one of those descriptions as I am an early retiree without family. Just be kind to them. With the pandemic shutting down a lot of outside activities that people participate in we can find ourselves very isolated. If one is older or has health issues we try to go out as little as possible. Even if one is going to church, many times with the covid precautions that some have in place, other activities are cancelled. all are asked to social distance and not to gather to talk after services but to immediately leave. Also even those with friend, some of us try to stay away and avoid gatherings. It just makes for more lonely people in our society. I guess I am lucky in that I do have friends out of the area and we get on social media almost daily and visit.