@Hamilbamil yes sorry I included it in the rest of my post but not that initial figure. They would indeed have to catch it to die from it.
She's the sort of person who follows the rules and only the actual rules, though. Back at the bingo with her pals before my kids were allowed back in School. Holidaying in a 'covid hotspot' last year the moment she was able to. Happy to get vaccinated but sees it as doing her part for society.
My point is basically to illustrate that 'the elderly' are not one monolith who think the same. They do not all think catching covid = instant death and some are just as capable of assessing risk as those delivery drivers, childcare / shop workers / police officers etc who had no choice but to expose themselves every day. Two of those professions no SD and no masks.
We've discussed it at length (particularly at the start when I was freaked by Italy footage / stories of 'a billion' phone numbers going dark in China and confiscated her car to stop her just popping out for milk when she could open a dairy farm).
She maintains if she's going to die then in her bed with the 'old man's best friend' pneumonia is the way to do it and when you read about how peaceful it is, I agree with her. It's how I'd want to go.
Not everyone will agree and I believe they should have every right to miss Christmas. But people should have the right to have it now we have vaccines and it's unlikely to get any better until the entire world is vaccinated (which many might not even see).