I've seen first-hand what happens to locked-down nursing home patients. What's being done to them is terrible, and so many of them don't understand why, so they don't just feel lonely...they feel abandoned.

It's also interesting that I know at least a dozen people, the oldest being 80, who have contracted the virus in the past 6 weeks. None of them have symptoms more serious than the sniffles and a temporary loss of smell. I don't know if this is typical, but it appears the virus is weakening?

Regardless, it's time to stop the nonsense and open up our nursing facilities. Our elderly deserve better.