Why are so many Baby Boomers in denial over #coronavirus?

https://www.vogue.com/article/coronavirus-baby-boomers-at-risk [www vogue com]

I don't know, but the oldest Boomers are turning 74 this year. A (real) Baby Boomer is a person born between 1946 (turns 74 in 2020) and 1964 (turns 56 in 2020). Some of the people mentioned in the article are older than 74, so they are not Boomers.

I'm having some frustrating conversations right now with thirty-somethings over self-isolation. "It's not any worse than the flu. 50,000 people have died of flu in the US this year versus 6,000 globally for coronavirus." That 50K is out of 50M that were infected. #COVID-19 has only infected about 1/8 of a million that we know of, so 1/400 the infections, 1/9 the deaths. What's that, about 44 times more deadly than the flu?

"I'm only in my thirties. I have nothing to worry about." I'm not saying to worry. I'm saying to take some precautions, so they have time to develop working vaccines before you get sick and spread it to someone else. Look: do you have asthma? Diabetes? High blood pressure or heart disease? Have you already had pneumonia in the past? Are you a current or former smoker? Maybe you need to pay attention.