亲属讲述疫情期间因隔离政策，亲人经历的痛苦与孤独。“当时感觉像是一场与魔鬼的交易——很可怕，但那是我们[认为]必须做的，以保护人们安全，”艾米谈到那些“毁灭性的”且“令人恐惧的”限制措施时说，这些措施导致她的外祖父母在新冠疫情早期被分别锁定在不同的养老院里。
Relatives recount distress and loneliness their loved ones went through in pandemic as a result of isolation policy“At the time it felt like a devil’s bargain – it was horrible, but it was what [we thought] we had to do to keep people safe,” says Amy of the “devastating” and “terrifying” restrictions that led to her maternal grandparents being locked down in separate care homes during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
埃娃和埃里克结婚60多年，因她患痴呆症、他日益衰弱，需要分别入住养老院接受照护。然而，2020年3月首次封锁宣布后，实际上切断了他们彼此的联系，也切断了与外孙女艾米的联系——在艾米母亲早逝后，她与外祖父母关系尤为亲密。
Eva and Eric had been married for more than 60 years when her dementia and his increased frailty meant they needed separate residential support. When the first lockdown was announced in March 2020, however, it in effect cut them off from each other and their granddaughter, to whom they had been especially close after the early death of Amy’s mother.