Families bereaved by Covid say UK plan to allow Christmas mixing is ‘sheer madness’
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#5ATY3)
Support group warns that large gatherings are too risky and calls for low-key festive period
People bereaved by Covid-19 have warned that allowing families in the UK to get together over Christmas is sheer madness" and urged the public to have a low-key festive period rather than risk the grief they have endured.
Members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group told the Guardian that large family gatherings were too high-risk, with one grieving husband saying anyone prepared to mix family groups should also prepare for a funeral".
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