How exactly to Fulfil Your Duty As a Individual Being in Corona Crisis

Day number 2 of shelter-in-place here in California where I live, one of many states hardest hit with the coronavirus. As my baby boomer husband said yesterday: "Getting out of bed to some other day in Coronaville."

"Coronavirus." "Pandemic." "Shelter-in-place." "COVID-19." "Social distancing." "Self-quarantine." "Stay-at-Home." "Lock-down." "Isolation." To consider just merely a month ago these words were not element of our everyday vocabulary. People wearing masks, empty grocery shelves, incessant hand washing, travel bans, closed schools, working from home, and a plummeting stock-market.

This is our new normal.  Novelcorona.in

On Thursday, the governor of California issued a statewide stay in the home order in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. By today, five other states have done the same. Basically, which means staying acquainted with the exception of likely to the store, looking into relatives, planning to the doctor, or exercising outdoors (as long as you remain six feet from everyone). Schools and all non-essential businesses have already been closed. If that news wasn't dire enough, the governor also warned that 56% of California's population is vulnerable to getting the coronavirus. Now, there exists a sobering thought.

Us baby boomers - specifically those ages 60 and older - well, it turns out we're the susceptible ones more likely to become seriously ill from this virus. Although we felt young, tough, and invincible whenever we first found out about this pandemic, it appears as though boomers are finally taking note. And that is clearly a good thing.

To not be an alarmist, but may I make an indication? If you're a child boomer over the age of 65 and not in self-quarantine or isolation, you should seriously consider it, even when it's not currently required where you live. That's definitely the case if you have underlying health issues. I understand, I know. Self-quarantining wasn't exactly on your own bucket list and we boomers are used to active and social lives. But look at what happened in China and what's taking place in Italy and Spain right now at a breathtaking speed.