Long-term isolation isn’t a mere “inconvenience”. If covid is life or death, so is isolation. I’ve witnessed multiple peers die of suicide as this presses on. Elders are withering away alone in their homes. My mom has lost 20 lbs. The obtuseness of some takes baffles me.

I guess the question is - do you let your friend or family member die alone of suicide or a broken heart because a global pandemic is raging? Or do you put on a mask and take the risk to save them? Is this individualism? Or is this being a warm-blooded human?

The judgment comes from how we value the physical body more than mental health. We don’t see isolation & its consequences to be as dire as being hooked up to a ventilator. Flawed. As a chemo survivor, I can tell you if your mind isn’t right, you aren’t surviving physical duress.