DH is in hospital, in a lot of pain, unable to get out of bed. No visitors allowed. He's just been told there's very little they can do for him, except try to manage the pain. He has 18-24 months.
How can it possibly be acceptable, in a civilised society that he has to hear that news alone with no one to hug him?
I know it's no one's fault, he's far from the only one in this situation, but that makes it worse not better. There are numerous peope living out their last months in this ridiculous limbo with no human contact.
Plus, despite being a decidedly unhuggy person, I have never needed a hug more in my entire life and there's literally no one I can have one with.
How/why are we prepared to stand for this and for how much longer?