00:00Well, I don't think that's... Other people, so scared that they couldn't live their lives.
00:02I don't think it's a fair assessment, because as I said, there were so many unknowns at that time,
00:07and there were so many of us right across the country that were terrified.
00:12You know, we were terrified, and we wanted to do our bit.
00:14We wanted to feel like we were following the rules.
00:16We wanted to help save other people's lives, those who were at risk,
00:21those who did have underlying health conditions.
00:23There were so many of us who were doing the right thing.
00:25How did it leave you feeling yesterday's apologies?
00:27There were so many people, and we've had so many people send in your...
00:31So many of you sent in emails about situations and loved ones you missed
00:35as a result of sticking by the rules, and my family stuck by the rules.
00:39We had to bury family members without even being able to hug each other.
00:44I had to sit in a crematorium while my aunt was buried,
00:48and because I wasn't living in the same household, obviously, as my brother and sister and my dad,
00:53in a pew by myself with my baby daughter on my lap,
00:56as we were all in floods of tears, and we can't hug each other.
00:59I stood by...
01:01I stood by the graveside, as grave diggers were,
01:05filling that grave and watching my cousin in floods of tears
01:09and not being able to hug her because we were following the rules,
01:13because we didn't know what else to do.
01:14We were told... Thank you, Linda.
01:16We were told we had to follow the rules,
01:17so we were following the rules,
01:19with the understanding that those in charge were also doing the same thing.
01:25And it's weird.
01:26I mentioned delayed grief because it comes in waves for me,
01:30because there are so many of us who haven't grieved at all,
01:34and then you have a situation like this, and it's like,
01:35well, should I have just hugged my cousin?
01:38If we weren't all supposed to follow the rules,
01:41should I have just hugged her?
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