Older people are more likely to become severely ill if they catch coronavirus according to the NHS. Generally, it says, anyone over the age of 65 is considered an "older person" but there is no strict definition as people age at different rates.
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CORONAVIRUS PRAYER
Almighty God, it may seem odd
to hear from one who rarely prays.
Not for myself, I ask you, God,
to please look down and reappraise
the list of which folks get the chop
and spare those ladies in the shop.
All-knowing One, all-seeing One,
You know the shop. You see them there:
three frail old girls, each with a bun,
beige cardigan and mousy hair.
In that drab shop, the three preside,
polite to all who step inside.
The shop is run for charity
to raise funds for a worthy cause.
The ladies give their time for free
and do not seek praise or applause.
God, with your sparrow-watching eye,
please make the virus pass them by.
"A loveless world is a dead world." Albert Camus, The Plague.
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