Three lifelong friends collectively self-isolate together
A trio of lifelong friends in the UK have decided to ride out the coronavirus pandemic in isolation together.
Doreen Burns, Carol Spark and Dotty Robinson were interviewed on BBC Breakfast on Thursday to share details of their situation.
Burns explained to BBC host Jayne McCubbin in a video chat that they had already spent a week apart in their own homes just to be sure that each person is “fit and well” before deciding whose home to live in.
Coronavirus | Isolating with friends🥰🥰 Lifelong friends Doreen, Dotty and Carol have been through divorce and loss together. Now they're planning on getting through isolation together, literally ⤵️
Posted by BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, March 18, 2020
“We’re in Carol’s at the moment,” Burns says, gesturing to her friend in the middle. “Dotty’s got a lovely, long back garden, which would be great for exercising.”
“Mine has as well,” Spark interjects, before clarifying that it’s more of a yard — a “yarden,” she says.
The three amigos have admitted that they might need a little space from time to time.
“I have got a front room, in case we get tetchy with each other,” says Burns. “That might be handy.”
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Dotty, Carol and Doreen chose to isolate together. @JayneMcCubbinTV
has caught up with them (from a distance)... pic.twitter.com/iGIvunudC3— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) March 21, 2020
The pair were interviewed again after the video went viral, as so many people fell in love with them worldwide and called the trio “the real life Golden Girls”.
“I said to Doreen on the phone, ‘if we all have to go into lockdown for 12 weeks, they’ll find me dead with all colouring books on the floor, with a notice on saying “I have died of loneliness’.
After that phone call, the trio decided to self-quarantine together so that they won’t be apart and will be safe during isolation.