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Similar. My Dad has MS and is nearly 70. While he doesn't do much anyway, he is avoiding the hospital appointments he desperately needs (if he can get them) to help prevent the progression of the disease. Plus it means I can hopefully go and see them with less worry of bringing something with me. I haven't seen them (which means they haven't seen their 18mo granddaughter) since last Christmas.
ms_com's mother is a teacher in a special needs school and has a 15yo son going to a not very well managed (from a C19 perspective) school so is worried to death of catching it. So even though she lives 4 miles from us, we've seen her about 5 times in the last year always in a very tense, outdoor setting.
I'm not kidding myself that the vaccine is going to fix anything in a short space of time. But it's something in the right direction.
Also, some upcoming work changes would mean that fairly regular travel from London to Belfast would be super handy.
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Me too.
My grandma is 90, is in the mid-stages of dementia and lives alone. She's going downhill and needs to move into care in order to get the level of support and interaction she needs to have a good quality of life. Until she's vaccinated, there's no way we would risk moving her into a care facility until vaccines are done but the longer that goes on, the more of her we lose.
Hoping this means we can take action early in the new year.
Also, with a 4 month old, the ability to go out and do things, to see family etc and travel is vital. Being restricted has definitely affected my wife and I's mental health.