A Pandemic Lockdown Just For Older People? No!
By Chris Farrell, Next Avenue Contributor
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An idea is gaining traction among some economists and scholars to deal with the pandemic in America: Isolate and lockdown older Americans, possibly until there is a vaccine. Everyone else gets to go back to work and regain something resembling normalcy.
Some proponents call it “shielding” the eldest, usually defined as those 65 and older. Others…