Opinion | Celia Viggo Wexler: Coronavirus is more dangerous for old people — and not just in the way you think. - NBCNewsTHINK
Meanwhile, coronavirus has inflamed age-based stereotypes, such as the trope of the old white man who yells"Get off my lawn!" or the battle-ax-wielding mother-in-law or the dithering elderly couple long a part of American popular culture. And it's only made more loaded the dismissive term"senior citizen," used to describe people of varying abilities, interests, backgrounds and health who share only a common age range.
This is extremely detrimental to seniors, but it's also detrimental to the broader society. In this time of great need,retired health care workers to volunteer their services, despite their ages and the greater risks to their health. If everyone had adopted the idea that this cohort was expendable and useless, these resources wouldn't be tapped. Think how much more we could accomplish if the good ideas and productivity of older people were always welcomed and encouraged.
Too many of the warnings in circulation convey the perception that all older persons are the same: frail grandparents, longing to see their children and grandchildren, alone and isolated.more than 18 percent of the U.S. labor force. The three leading contenders for the presidency this year are in their 70s. The key senators and members of Congress working to complete a major legislative package to address the crisis are almost all older. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
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