Commenting on seniors in Singapore struggling with a sense of displacement during the circuit breaker period, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan said, “Unfortunately the elderly is over-emphasised in the group of those who continue to be ignorant (of the new rules). Why? Because they are so slow. They get caught.” After coming across the video of the elderly woman who insisted on eating her kway chap, Prof Straughan wrote to Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee to register her discomfort that “scapegoats” are being made out of vulnerable groups in the name of keeping the community safe. She felt that the issue is rooted in how “it is harder for some to obey”. SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan said that the non-compliant citizens may be trying to regain some semblance of normalcy and stability in their lives that have been disrupted, without the intent of breaking the law. He pointed out the changes had been swift and significant, requiring dramatic behavioural change in a short span of time.