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When I was doing obits, which I did for three years, I noticed the phenomenon of a spouse dying a few months apart was very real. It& #39;s called the Widowhood Effect, and it& #39;s usually chalked up to "death from a broken heart."
I think there is a lot more to it.
I think there is a lot more to it.
We end up being each other& #39;s support networks, especially as we age. And men, in particular, tend to lean on their partners very heavily for emotional labor.
When a partner dies, suddenly that support network is subtracted.
When a partner dies, suddenly that support network is subtracted.
I can& #39;t help but wonder how many die because they got their pills mixed up, or variations of this, which wouldn& #39;t have happened if the support network that was their spouse was around.
And then there are the things that accompany death -- grief, depression, not eating, etc. These things can always be fatal, but moreso when you are frail and even the slightest interruption in something like your diet can cause a cataclysmic chain reaction.
And a lot of elderly people have an extended support network, consisting of their families, their places of worship, their peer groups, their communities.
All this is gone now. I worry for them.
All this is gone now. I worry for them.
I think this should be considered plague issue. If they die, it won& #39;t be directly from coronavirus, but coronavirus definitely caused it.
