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Anyone else having a hard time trying to have your parents take this seriously? My parents are 81 and they work out every day. They were still going to the gym till they were all closed down. Still going out to eat until they were shut down.
Now they have been walking at large supermarkets to get their exercise. They are mad because I won't let them in my house to use my workout equipment. My wife has had symptoms and told them they can't come over until she's healthy and clear for 14 days.
You get to a certain age and people are going to do what they want. They both have their masters and are highly educated but are stubborn as mules.
My folks have been good. I've been telling them for weeks that I didn't like the look of this one, and what was coming. Got them stocked up before the panic-buying began. They know I'm not an alarmist about these things, so that got their attention.
I have another relative who was being a bit more stubborn. But he listened to the argument that it's not just about whether your time has come - if you take up a bed, that's heaping more pressure on the NHS, and someone else, perhaps completely unconnected to coronavirus, might not get the urgent care they need. "Keep calm and carry on" doesn't work if carrying on is assisting the enemy.
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