Why should you be afraid to say.. The man may need exercise which medics previously stressed as vital for healthy independent living.. Now changed their minds and medics cost taxpayers millions in legal damages previously for wrong decisions. He may be right https://t.co/uieMMeFiXo
— Tom MacSweeney (@TomMacSweeney) April 14, 2020
To all those who post photos of their daily walks on Twitter.. Think of the 460,000 people the Govt is locking up and denying the right to walk….
— Tom MacSweeney (@TomMacSweeney) April 14, 2020
Elderly man walks in Bray, Co Wicklow last month before the Government called for people aged over 70 to “cocoon”; tweets from Irish marine journalist Tom MacSweeney
This morning.
Kathy Sheridan, in The Irish Times, wrote about people aged over 70 having to “cocoon” which she described as “mandatory confinement”.
She writes:
They have put on their game faces. None of them lacks awareness of the pressing reasons behind the lockdown or is seeking to place blame.
But it is a very odd situation where a supermarket can organise separate, safe shopping hours for people who are older or vulnerable while the incalculable psychological and physical benefits of a short walk outdoors are denied to them.
A designated “walking hour” each day – or even the luxury choice of an hour in the morning or evening – for the over-70s is hardly an insuperable ask.
In fairness.
Kathy Sheridan: Let the over-70s have a walk (The Irish Times)
