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I was curious about how funeral homes are dealing with COVID19 so I watched a video by a mortician. On her website she mentions the "death positivity" movement, the tenets of which she describes as follows:

"I believe that by hiding death and dying behind closed doors we do more harm than good to our society.
I believe that the culture of silence around death should be broken through discussion, gatherings, art, innovation, and scholarship.
I believe that talking about and engaging with my inevitable death is not morbid, but displays a natural curiosity about the human condition.
I believe that the dead body is not dangerous, and that everyone should be empowered (should they wish to be) to be involved in care for their own dead.
I believe that the laws that govern death, dying and end-of-life care should ensure that a person’s wishes are honored, regardless of sexual, gender, racial or religious identity.
I believe that my death should be handled in a way that does not do great harm to the environment.
I believe that my family and friends should know my end-of-life wishes, and that I should have the necessary paperwork to back-up those wishes.
I believe that my open, honest advocacy around death can make a difference, and can change culture."

She mentions elsewhere that being part of the movement doesn't necessarily mean that you're not afraid of death, & that it certainly doesn't mean that you don't grieve when people die.

Are you a part of this movement? If not, do you support or agree with it? Please read all options before voting. If you didn't read the post, then choose the last option.

And why/why not?
I'm personally scared of dying before having achieved my goals in life.

This pandemic is making everybody think about death more than we'd like to. We are all gonna die sooner or later and it's time we came to grips with the inevitability of it all. Some of us who are reading these words could very well be dead from the virus in a week or two. Fortunately, the vast majority of us will go on to live another day. But in the end, we are all doomed to die. So do you want to be surrounded by loved ones when you die or would you rather succumb to the "big sleep" all alone?

ARTICLE:
Coronavirus preys on what terrifies us: dying alone