THREAD about "life after lock down"

First of all, we aren't there yet, so please, for the sake of everyone who is at high risk of dying from #COVID19, stay home except for essential errands or exercise. I ask this for my son, and for myself.

2) Not all of us will be able to get back to even a new version of normal "after lock down" and we're trying to figure out how we're going to manage, what that will look like, and frankly if we can even do it without going mad. I'm specifically talking about #carers.

3) We're trying to figure out how a household will function safely with some members not having to be in quarantine any longer while other members must remain cocooned, as the strange term goes. Is it possible? How will it be done? Can it be done? Questions with no answers.

4) To see videos & photos of so many people out, not physical distancing, not obeying the health advice, is terribly upsetting for those of us whose lives depend upon society doing what it needs to do. I look at my son and wonder, do those people not care at all?

5) I don't see my son, my precious Brendan Bjorn, returning to his special needs school this year, or to be blunt, not until a vaccine is found...if ever that happens. Physical distancing would be impossible in his classroom setting with his complex care needs. Think about that.

6) This means I will be home 24/7 caring for him - nursing level care - for the foreseeable future until this nightmare is over. Can #carers in my position do it? Not leave the house for a year? Or do we gamble & go out with our fragile loved one to save our sanity?

7) I think of all the marginalised groups in our society, #carers of incapacitated family members are being the most overlooked. We no longer have respite centres open. No school. No day services. Nothing. And for those of us who are caring alone, not even a reprieve via family.

8) Lastly, even if I did have a nurse come in at some point in the months ahead to provide respite, due to the asinine Loco Parentis rule handed down by @HSELive, I wouldn't be allowed to leave the home unless I had another adult here to take responsibility in an emergency.

9) I don't have that, nor would I expect anyone to take such responsibility who isn't qualified as a nurse. Silly rule, isn't it? I'm going to keep fighting for Loco Parentis to be abolished. It has to be, especially now considering how #COVID19 is impacting #carers.

10) I'll end this long thread here. While raising your voice about injustice of people trapped by #COVID19, remember #carers. And while you or someone you know is going out against NPHET advice, remember those who won't survive this virus. Please, for us, #StayAtHomeSaveLives