A blanket ‘ban’ on over 70s makes no sense at all.
One of my colleagues is a recently retired cardiac surgeon aged 72. He has maintained his license to practice. His hospital have already contacted him to ask if he would be prepared to help out if necessary- slightly difficult if he can’t go out of his house!
W have three big working retrievers. My husband is also 72. Are we expected to put nappies on the dogs?
We live in a rural community so are farmers over 70 or our neighbours with small holdings expected to leave their livestock unattended?
My friend has a livery stable and the horses need exercise as well?
Not all over 70s are pathetic frail old people. My husband is incredibly fit. He was a police officer for thirty years. He is a scuba diving instructor, so I’m sure his lungs are in good nick, he runs every morning, is out on the moors with the dogs shooting at least twice a week and weighs exactly the same as he did when he was twenty.
Our local newsagent is in his eighties and runs his shop single handedly since his wife died. Should he just shut up his shop which is the thing that gives him a reason to get up every day?
@Loppy10 talking about ‘war footing’ is precisely the kind of over the top language that leads to irrational panic and fear. Victimising older people is ridiculous. As a theatre sister for many years, I have regularly seen enormously fat younger people suffering from COPD and other respiratory problems purely due to their bulk. Maybe we should lock them all away for a few months?
You are also entirely missing the point. The suggested isolation is not to prevent the spread of the virus but to try to protect older people from contracting it.
The people who have said that being shut away at home will do more harm than good are so right, but just as a suggestion for those who think it’s a wonderful idea, maybe just checking that elderly neighbours are okay might be a nicer thing to do than pointing fingers at people whose only crime is living too long 😒😒