I& #39;m trying to keep my emotions under control, but I& #39;m incredibly frustrated

My grandmother has been stuck in her apartment in an elderly community since March

She& #39;s more depressed than I ever imagined she could be

She says often that she& #39;s going to die before this ends

My mom hasn& #39;t been able to visit since March b/c the community policy won& #39;t let her

Grandma hasn& #39;t seen her friends, isn& #39;t allowed to do her volunteer work, has been utter isolated

All these policies in place to keep COVID from hitting the community

And it still didn& #39;t work

This week COVID hit her elder care community, 36 employees and 44 patients tested positive

That& #39;s a tragedy and we& #39;re all deeply saddened, but also what the hell?

The *point* of these policies is to make exactly this thing *not* happen

They haven& #39;t relaxed any of their policies, they are all still in place. All the loneliness, the confinement, the limitations, everything is still there.

It just didn& #39;t work.

And when it& #39;s over? Will they relax anything?

Of course not. This will go on and on.