Funerals During Pandemic

[jonnyrovers]

I worry that with so many predicted fatalities our morgues, undertakers, cemeteries, crematoria will struggle to cope. Add to that the possibility that we won't be able to gather together at funerals to send off our loved ones with dignity and grace.

Anyone know how this is going to be handled?

 

[Birdie Boy]

It said last night on the news that in Italy people are being cremated and no funerals.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Isn’t it best to think about it if/when it happens? Not much point in worrying when there’s enough on your plate with living

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Isn’t it best to think about it if/when it happens? Not much point in worrying when there’s enough on your plate with living

I've just dug a hole at the bottom of my garden

 

[Hampden Park]

and your neighbours digging one too

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[LamieRobertson]

I've just dug a hole at the bottom of my garden

You could help your Mum by doing it in her garden ..you did say it was overgrown

 

[FannieMac]

1000+ people per day die In this country from non corona related causes. Get a grip!

 

[Change at Barnham]

1000+ people per day die In this country from non corona related causes. Get a grip!

Yes, but what happens when the number is double that each day? It doesn't take Sherlock to work out that there soon becomes a back log.
Channel 4 News last night showed a car park full of hearsts waiting for their turn at the crematorium.

 

[Jolly Red Giant]

Currently in Ireland only immediate family are allowed - the expectation is that rapid cremation will become the order of the day within the next couple of weeks if the death rate rises as expected.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Calling [MENTION=17322]Lenny Rider[/MENTION] ......

 

[GT49er]

1000+ people per day die In this country from non corona related causes. Get a grip!

Yes, but there are not pandemic related problems for those attending the funerals.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

1000+ people per day die In this country from non corona related causes. Get a grip!

A close friend died in the middle of last year and there was a 5 week wait to get a funeral slot ..... and that was without it being winter and flu running around. So you dismiss the problem without any real thought.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

and your neighbours digging one too

My hole used to be the second world war air raid shelter for four terraced houses in my road.

I knew it would come in useful sooner or later

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I worry that with so many predicted fatalities our morgues, undertakers, cemeteries, crematoria will struggle to cope. Add to that the possibility that we won't be able to gather together at funerals to send off our loved ones with dignity and grace.

Congratulations! In the face of some very stiff competition you've just managed to achieve the most hysterical post of the day. Take a bow son

 

[pearl]

Isn’t it best to think about it if/when it happens? Not much point in worrying when there’s enough on your plate with living

Lamie, have YOU been stockpiling?!

 

[FannieMac]

A close friend died in the middle of last year and there was a 5 week wait to get a funeral slot ..... and that was without it being winter and flu running around. So you dismiss the problem without any real thought.

I didn’t mean to offend anyone and if I did I apologise, every single death is a tragedy, I guess that I’m still hoping we won’t get anywhere near that level due to this crisis

 

[AmexRuislip]

My hole used to be the second world war air raid shelter for four terraced houses in my road

That sounds so wrong on so many fronts........

 

[Palacefinder General]

Congratulations! In the face of some very stiff competition you've just managed to achieve the most hysterical post of the day. Take a bow son

Have to say it’s something I’ve personally thought about, almost the OP’s post word for word. Be nice, we’ll all be dead soon.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

That sounds so wrong on so many fronts........

You should see the room in my back passage