..a calculated but much welcomed risk. life's not about the length of life, the quantity of life, it is about the quality of life. and life's about risks. you can'tjust stop living because of that. this was christmas for pat, in bristol. a virtual choir of family members who could not be at her care home in person. today, her son tim can visit. but he's still more than happy to visit behind a screen. i much prefer to have my mother alive and kicking, rather than risk exposure to a disease that we know preys on the elderly. while i have every sympathy for those with elderly relatives, parents who want to be able to have that access, if they are living in a nursing home, it's notjust them, it's the wider nursing home community. sadly, i don't think we will see