Add people who aren’t worried about the disease but are afraid of visiting the hospital because they are terrified of being hospitalized and never being allowed to see their families again or receive spiritual help from their churches.
Who is the adult here? It sounds like uro-sepsis, the number one killer of the elderly before Covid arrived. “Mom get in the car the car, you’re r going to the doctor.”
I had two short hospital stays this year. Yes, it was no fun not having my wife with me. I just got chatty with the nurses (not flirting).