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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:34 PM Mar 2020

I bet percentages of younger people infected is increasing because....

... the older people have been self isolating for weeks. It's one of the reasons why I think our local super market's practice of serving only over 65 on Tues and Thurs from 7 to 9 a.m. would be worth taking advantage of. I believe that population is now less likely to be infected.

"Fifty-four percent of New York State cases are of people between 18 and 49 years old."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/politics/new-york-andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-spread/index.html

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I bet percentages of younger people infected is increasing because.... (Original Post) LAS14 Mar 2020 OP
A lot of young people are still spreading the infection around, ignoring social distancing. Doodley Mar 2020 #1
I still wouldn't take the chance. A grocery store is a closed environment, and Native Mar 2020 #2

Native

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2. I still wouldn't take the chance. A grocery store is a closed environment, and
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:42 PM
Mar 2020

after reading about the Biogen conference in Boston, I just don't think it's a chance worth taking. Options: Walmart pickup, Whole Foods pickup and Instacart (got a booze delivery coming any minute!).

Experts have weighed in on the senior only scenarios, and they still says it's not a good idea. They did say that isolation can affect our mental health and that for many seniors getting out to the store is important - that we simply have to weigh the risk if we are that type.

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