Coronavirus: Even Married People With Children Die All Alone
There have been several news reports over the last two or three months reporting about how so many people – especially elderly people – are dying all alone due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus), whether they are dying in hospitals or nursing homes.
Due to wanting to contain the virus, medical facilities are not permitting family (if any) of the dying Covid patient to visit their sick loved one. So, a lot of people – even married parents! – are dying alone. (Links with examples to follow.)
I bring this up because one scare tactic I’ve seen used off and on by marriage-promoters, such as Southern Baptist Al Mohler and others, is to tell single and childless adults that we will die all alone, unless we marry and have children. They tell childless, never married adults like myself to be very afraid, because unless I marry and have a child, I will be all alone on my death bed.
Well, my mother – who was married and had adult children – died all alone in the wee hours at a care facility she was staying at. Despite the fact my mother was married with kids did not guarantee that she had the “Norman Rockwell” death so many marriage-pushers suggest one will have, where one will be surrounded by loving spouse holding their hand while adult children surround the bed tenderly looking on.
People dying all alone sans children and spouse (if they are married with kids) has definitely been a thing since the start of Covid 19.
Here are links about the situation, including a link or two from marriage-pushing, conservative sites such as The Federalist:
(Link): ‘I’m Sorry I Can’t Kiss You’—Coronavirus Victims Are Dying Alone
(Link): Coronavirus Patients Are Dying Alone, Leaving Loved Ones With Grief And Guilt
It was the last time Beaudette saw her father alive. He died two days later, and she couldn’t be there.
(Link): Loneliness and suffering in the hospital during the coronavirus crisis
“I’m already downstairs, doctor. Can I see my mother just for five minutes?”
I told him that I would ask the nursing manager; given the fact that Mrs. A couldn’t speak or understand, perhaps that would fall under the list of reasons why an exception could be made.
But five minutes later, the nurse was on the phone trying to calm him down. “I just want to be there for five minutes to tell her why I can’t visit anymore, that she shouldn’t worry when I stop showing up!”
The nurse tears up as she says that he cannot visit. She turns to me, and I motion that I would take back the call.
(Link): While Thousands Protested Freely, My Grandmother Died Alone During Lockdown – via The Federalist, by Mia Cathell
Excerpts:
…Except my grandmother wasn’t. She died “recovering” in a skilled nursing facility a week-and-a-half after a fall at home broke her neck. From walking and talking, my 88-year-old grandmother deteriorated into a catatonic state in quarantine. Her family was instructed to socially distance for her health and safety.
…Many if not most senior citizens don’t know how to video chat. My grandmother hated technology. She didn’t understand “gizmos” or “gadgets” or Google Meet. In the social media and social distancing age when electronic communication is vital, this disconnect created a generation gap that plunged — if not pushed — my grandmother’s descent.
“Why didn’t you come see me?” my grandmother cried the first night, alone.
The nurses told me that a patient’s recovery is dependent on his or her family’s supporting presence. In my grandmother’s skilled nursing ward, there was one phone for the 17 residents. The one weekend she was there, family members of other occupants hogged the landline.
…I can’t imagine the betrayal and abandonment my grandmother must have felt. It took 10 days of separation from the hospital to the nursing home to her deathbed — an eternity surrounded by unknown people trapped in an unknown place where days blended into nights. I’m fairly certain my grandmother died of a broken heart.
(Link): Coronavirus preys on what terrifies us: dying alone
(Link): From dying alone to no goodbye: Death and grief during COVID-19 pandemic
(Link): Fact check: Are coronavirus patients dying alone in hospitals?
Our ruling: True
The post claiming coronavirus patients are dying alone is generally TRUE because it is supported by our research. Though there is not a sweeping, national regulation barring all visitors from all facilities across the country, many hospitals have implemented no-visitor policies or minimal visitor interaction policies, and some states, including New York, have imposed limits on visitation as well.
There are many, many more news reports and editorials about people having to die alone during Covid-19, and many of those dying are married and have children.
So, Al Mohler, Focus On The Family and any secular or conservative Christian think tanks can stop use fear-mongering to get single adults to marry and have children by conveying to them that being married with kids is a guarantee they will die surrounded by loved ones – because there are many examples out there, in the news, demonstrating otherwise.
To quote singer Prince, from the song ‘Let’s Go Crazy’:
Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today
To get through this thing called life
Electric word life it means forever and that’s a mighty long time
But I’m here to tell you there’s something else
The afterworld, a world of never ending happiness
You can always see the sun, day or night
So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills
You know the one Dr. Everything’ll Be Alright
Instead of asking him how much of your time is left?
Ask him how much of your mind, baby
‘Cause in this life things are much harder than in the afterworld
This life you’re on your own
Related Posts:
(Link): Even If You’re Married You Can Die Alone – Elderly Married Couple Found Dead
(Link): Husband Dies of Covid-19 Only 48 Hours After Wife Gives Birth to Premature Baby
(Link): Couple Die of Covid, Leaving Behind Newborn and Five Children
(Link): Man Who Lost His Wife Puts Sign in Window Asking for Friends: ‘It’s My Last Resort’
(Link): Why We Thought Marriage Made Us Healthier, and Why We Were Wrong by Bella DePaulo
(Link): Sick, Dying, and Raped in America’s Nursing Homes
(Link): Getting Married Is Not an Accomplishment by N. Brooke
(Link): Bride Battling Cancer Dies 18 Hours After Exchanging Vows
(Link): Christian Couple Dies in Helicopter Crash Hours After ‘Fairytale’ Wedding
(Link): When You’re Married and Lonely by J. Slattery
(Link): The Nuclear Family Was A Mistake – by David Brooks – and Related Links
(Link): When You Are Lonely In Your Marriage by K. Parsons
(Link): My Marriage Broke Down Around Age 30 — And So Did Most of My Friends’ Relationships by E. Woods
(Link): Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women (Who Are Very Lonely)
(Link): Asking Too Much Of Marriage – Married People are Lonely
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