At first I was absolutely horrified. I didn't know how serious the situation was with lockdown until the days beforehand. I spent days, weeks and months not going out of the house at all and was constantly fearful, but I did find a great way to do exercise with Ring Fit Adventure on Nintendo Switch. I isolated myself a lot, but I did get some mental health support and I didn't even get Covid until the end of June last year.
The whole NHS clap business I was split on. I do feel it gave us a sense of unity and made us come together in a crisis, but it's also a bit condescending because we're clapping for health workers who do what they do day in and day out. I do feel bad and sorry for the children who had to witness and endure all this suffering, but I feel these experiences make them and us stronger. We've gone through a period of great toughness and darkness-yet we keep persevering-that's the power of humanity right there.