I've been quiet for a few days cos reasons but let's talk about this. The Scottish Government have been far better and clearer with the handling of Covid-19 BUT it is cruel and inhumane to ask single people and non-cohabiting couples to avoid human contact for months https://twitter.com/KirstyStricklan/status/1264108149725958144

People living alone and especially those managing a mental health condition are being asked to adhere to something the majority of government are not. It's also not even about sex for some, it's just human touch.... A basic need

We all understand that babies will die without human connection but actually adults aren't much different. We have a biological need to connect to others and our health is impacted if we don't.

Having read both "Why Love Matters" and "A General Theory of Love" I know this and understand it. But still I tried to do the right thing to stop the spread of a pandemic. I lasted around 9 weeks...

'But because human physiology is (at least in part) an open-loop arrangement, an individual
does not direct all of his own functions. A second person transmits regulatory information
that can alter hormone levels, cardiovascular function, sleep rhythms,

immune systems and
more ... ... ... inside the body of the first.’
Lewis, T. Amini, F. Lannon, R. 2000.

I submitted to the government consultation on easing lockdown but felt like they just ignored the many people living alone who did

The day I read the road map my health crashed within hours. My hope had been removed. I was being offered no way out of the hell I was in.... For months!
As they went home to their husbands and wife's at the end of the day where was the thought for others

I believe this has to change, and soon. It is not sustainable to ask single people alone to be devoid of human touch for months on end. Other Goverment's thought about this, the Dutch and the NZ..... Why didn't we?