In 2018 when my mum was dying in the hospice there was a total lockdown of visitors due to an outbreak of highly contagious influenza.
I will be eternally grateful to have been allowed to visit although only if you were gowned up fully. I watched others visiting relatives through the closed window's talking on mobile phones wondering why I could go in and they could not, I felt very guilty.
My heart goes out to the people in other countries who are not getting the opportunity to say goodbye, or even be at a funeral.
When I was 3 months old I got pneumonia I survived but my twin sister died, health services have moved on a lot since then but what's happening now around the world is a wake up call for everyone.
Please take the medical advice seriously, take your information from reputable sources and call out those morons who do not.
Do the best for your family and fellow humans because at the end of the day that's what it's all about.
Be grateful, tell your loved ones you love them and take care. 7 mile run in sunny Dublin with lots of social distancing of 2 metres as everyone was giving way to each other along the way.
