You never realize how anti-social you are until there's a pandemic...

[meadowlander]

53. That's what money is for.

You can hire people to fix things for you. You can take a taxi to the car inspection or to your medical appointments.

Big decisions are easier because you don't have to factor in anyone else's opinion and there's no guilt if you made a bad decision because it didn't impact anyone except for you.

It's not like people with lots of friends and family get different doctors to people who don't. It's the same procedure. And you can hire people to assist you while you recover. Grocery stores and restaurants deliver, you can get a cleaning person, a home nursing aide, etc.

Saying you shouldn't be a hermit if that's your inclination because a few weeks out of the sixty years you live alone you might find it hard to get to the toilet by yourself is like saying no one should ever be in a relationship because 20% of long term relationships involve some level emotional, physical or sexual abuse. It's not true for everyone and you shouldn't be planning your life assuming that a relatively unlikely or short term problem will outweigh the benefits of living your life the way you want to live it the rest of the time.