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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Covid changed our lives – and not for the better

A 2020 mural on Deansgate in Manchester.
A 2020 mural on Deansgate in Manchester. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

We read your article with great interest and can identify with the issues it raised (How Covid changed children in Britain, 18 March). However, it isn’t just children who have been affected by the Covid lockdowns. All age groups have been mentally changed.

Our 15-year-old daughter died of leukaemia in September 2020, and we had to cremate her with a select “guest list” due to Covid restrictions – most of her friends were excluded; the strict limit on numbers meant only family members could attend the “event”.

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