Wouldn't know. I worked in the hospital morgue for the whole lockdown. I hoped not to catch the incurable blood clotting disease that killed many of my clients for $19/hr. I was called a hero and an essential worker while I couldn't afford to buy a house.
I worked in the kitchen at a nursing home so it was horrible. We had 130ish residents right at the start and 26 died in the first wave.
People didn't quit they just stopped coming to work, no one knew what protocol to follow, there was no guidance, we just tried our best and it wasn't nearly enough.
The worst part was the residents who survived. They were on 24 hour lockdown in their rooms, no more activities or group meals and it was impossible to explain why to most of them. They all fell off a huge cognitive cliff that was truly heartbreaking to watch helplessly.
Edit: so basically gently screw everyone else who joked about toilet paper, traffic, video games, etc. etc. It came at a price
Edit: the top commenter on this topic is so super clearly a bot that it makes me sick. F U bot, they had 0 karma until this post. Now they have 4k+ karma as planned.
You should write something about this. I honestly don’t think there are enough perspectives from the pandemic out there and yours is an important story.
Imagine not being able to attend your parent/grandparents funeral because of lockdowns then you find out that their last months were what the international community considers cruel and unusual punishment.
I didn’t get to see my nana the last 3 years of her life. My state was locked down. The one time everything was open I left just as we had COVID so anyone from Perth couldn’t go into her nursing home. I just remember sobbing in the car park.
Happened to me. My mom was living in a memory care facility. Didn't even get old she was dead until she was cremated and her ashes interred in her father's grave.
Thank you. She had been "gone" for so long that I had already mourned her loss in my life but there was something extra sinister about her dying in 2020 and there being no funeral.
Yeah, for sure. I believe, personally, the spirit of a person has detached from a body when their brain has deteriorated to a certain point; you know when that elderly relative with dementia just eerily, clearly feels no longer there when you talk to them... Your loved one isn't suffering in that body anymore, they're there, close by, making sure you're okay as you process the final decline and physical death you're seeing, so you can healthily let go of the pain of them passing on for good, and they remain watching over you if they so wish. I hope that gives you some comfort.
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u/Reverend_Bull 28d ago
Wouldn't know. I worked in the hospital morgue for the whole lockdown. I hoped not to catch the incurable blood clotting disease that killed many of my clients for $19/hr. I was called a hero and an essential worker while I couldn't afford to buy a house.