Fergus Finlay: Time to consider protecting the elderly the way they protected you

The pandemic feels threatening to many elderly people and the thing that threatens them most is you, writes Fergus Finlay

Elderly living can be comfortable and liberating. However, for some, the arrival of Covid-19 has brought a dread of interacting with the outside world.

You've a long way to go before you need to worry about the ageing process, that thing that happens when you’re as old as your grandad. But it’s out there ahead of you nevertheless. I hope you get there in your time, and I hope that by the time you do you have a lot to look back on — and a good bit to look forward to as well.

But the other thing I hope you know is that the thing that matters most to the generation that went before you — my generation — is you. You’re our children and grandchildren, and for most of us, you’re the single most important thing in our lives. And I’ll explain what I mean by that in a minute.