Are we seniors as a group to shelter indefinitely? Are we to just sit around and wait to die? Articles written recently by health experts offer a recommended pathway to resuming normal activities for every age group except seniors. Several experts have even qualified their recommendations to say that if a K-12 student lives in a multigeneration household, that student should continue to shelter with the seniors and take classes online.
I am a 78-year-old widower. I believe I am in reasonably good health. I have worked hard to maintain that level. I have never smoked. I weigh 170 pounds. Until the virus, I worked out at a gym and played tennis three or more days a week. Confinement was certainly not the lifestyle I had in mind. Along with the other important virus studies that the medical community is undertaking, an attempt needs to be made to identify levels of vulnerability for seniors. Our age and the broad definition of “underlying medical conditions” do not go far enough.
David Richardson, Hillsboro
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