COVID killed my dad and loneliness was its accomplice

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COVID killed my dad and loneliness was its accomplice
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The outcome of the pandemic should be a priority for this government, not just an inquiry, Mark Jessop writes.

"Geoff is not well," the nurse said."I think you should come down."His blood pressure was good, sugar levels fine, no irregular heartbeat.A month had gone by since I had last seen him, been next to him.Geoff contracted COVID-19 in hospital and later died.

Like many Australians, Mark Jessop was separated from his father in aged care, often for weeks and months on end.The response?Dad passed away six months later from COVID-19 - which he caught in hospital, would you believe - during a regular eye check-up. I know in my heart that he would have had a better chance of surviving if his body, heart and mind weren't suffering from being alone.

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