Today, after my live gym class, our trainer thanked us all for being there and said that she was going to see her Mom in a long term care home. She is not so old but does have Alzheimer's and COVID-19. The doctors called my trainer to ask her if she wanted to come say goodbye today as her Mom had hours left. And my trainer kept (through tears) how LUCKY she was that this long term care home had space and had established private quarantine rooms which meant they would allow the daughter to come and say goodbye in person - in full PPE, not allowed to approach her mother or touch her but at least she could speak with her. And how thankful she was that the doctor called to give her the heads up and how thankful she was for the nurses who did her Mom's hair and took care of her in these last days. We all just cried with her, what else can you do?
And then I was furious, just furious with the hundreds of protesters we saw yesterday, selfishly congregating without any physical distancing, brandishing guns, yelling obscenities at the nurses who stood there silently while being accused of being crisis actors. This is nothing short of OUTRAGEOUS. They should be fined and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
That we have people who did everything right and who feel LUCKY to be able to stand 2 m away from their own mother one last time and then you have these assholes. Never, ever forget.