The care homes is a catch 22, they needed to watch out for the staff or the staff would leave, many are on low wages so could easily get work elsewhere. And their was possibly an element of recognition that the very vulnerable could easily overwhelme the hospitals. Many wouldn't get a hospital bed anyway.
But I certainly think PPE, and more thought should have been put into making visits happen. Rather than a blanket No Visits.
At the very beginning in the first lockdown when Boris said "3 weeks" lockdown. They knew 3 weeks was a pipe dream. Sheilders were told 12 weeks and BBC was also told sort education for all levels for 12 weeks.
But so many people were strung along with the 3 weeks, thinking its OK its not that long, who else remembers care home staff, sacrificing themselves by staying at work, limiting the risk of them taking covid in?
For 3 weeks it would have seemed manageable but not so manageable for 3 months or longer.
Even in January so many were taken in with schools are only closed an extra 10 days. Bullshit and Scot Gov knew it teachers weren't getting 3 in service days to sort a week online teaching.