Stuff on Twitter doesn’t bother me too often but the ‘underlying condition’-brigade are really upsetting me.

It’s not ok to dismiss a death as inevitable because someone doesn’t have perfect health (few of us do).

I also hate the idea of being ok with someone not having a good death because they have an underlying condition and covid.

An ICU death is not inevitable for someone with a chronic heart condition but has been the reality for hundreds of people.

We should care about this.

Think about a bad thing.

Imagine you got diagnosed with cancer today.

Imagine you were told it was curable.

You’re in for a tough ride but you’ll be ok.

Now imagine you get Covid too.

Now read some of the tweets about underlying conditions.

And that’s an extreme example.

I hate lockdowns. I want to play camogie and go to my families in Kildare and Cork. I want TJ’s business to go back to normal.

But I also want people to be able to live, get good care, and plan for a good death if the worse is happening