I rarely listen to that show but heard some of it. The elderly lady made a good point, to be fair. “I’m running out of time”. I don’t know what age she was, but for arguments sake, say she is 75 with a life expectancy of 80.
Aged 74-75: lockdown/restrictions.
Aged 76-77: unknown
Aged 79-78: declining health
Age 80: death
She is very much in her autumn years. Is she really doing anything wrong by going to Gran Canaria?
The other lady that called in to berate her said she’s finding it hard too. Lives alone and has been WFH since March, rarely seeing her children who live in different counties. However, she is WFH, which suggests she’d s under 65. She’s got plenty of fuel in the tank to look forward to burning when all this is over. She spoke of the rules and “we’re all in this together”. But that slogan was of the first lockdown, when the plan was simple, “flatten the curve”. There is no plan now. Not only is there no Plan B, there is no Plan A.
That elderly lady in Gran Canaria is spending one of her final years going to the beach, having a cognac in a cafe on the way home, before heading out to a restaurant for the night. Is she wrong to do so?