Media vita in morte sumus. Very good piece Andrew, thank you.
jacquilowej
4 years ago
Thank you for a good article which was approached from a welcomed pragmatic angle.
Last summer we became aware from conversations with elderly members of our family that crematoriums had a six week wait even at that stage.
We made the decision to separate the cremation from the wake, as having the disposal without family present meant there wouldn’t be a delay. We felt strongly it wasn’t fair on the family to wait 6 weeks or more to pay their respects.
William MacDougall
4 years ago
For the next year probably right, but longer term no. And remember many religions still require burial as well as ceremony. As Ben Gummer argues in his excellent article, most things should return to normal when the crisis is over (except perhaps hand shaking). To put it harshly, we find a cure, or the small vulnerable proportion die off, or survivors gain immunity; we can’t live in lockdown for long.
Media vita in morte sumus. Very good piece Andrew, thank you.
Thank you for a good article which was approached from a welcomed pragmatic angle.
Last summer we became aware from conversations with elderly members of our family that crematoriums had a six week wait even at that stage.
We made the decision to separate the cremation from the wake, as having the disposal without family present meant there wouldn’t be a delay. We felt strongly it wasn’t fair on the family to wait 6 weeks or more to pay their respects.
For the next year probably right, but longer term no. And remember many religions still require burial as well as ceremony. As Ben Gummer argues in his excellent article, most things should return to normal when the crisis is over (except perhaps hand shaking). To put it harshly, we find a cure, or the small vulnerable proportion die off, or survivors gain immunity; we can’t live in lockdown for long.