What's safe to do now? COVID19
At the start of the quarantine, the rules for this population were clear: stay at home.
Now, as doctors know more about the coronavirus and with states opening up, things are more vague. People are both tired of the quarantine and more relaxed about the rules. They’re eager to catch up with family and friends they haven’t seen since the spring even as COVID-19 cases continue to rise this summer.
“Probably for people our age, one of the big issues is grandchildren,” said Dr. Leo Cooney Jr., a geriatric clinician at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, who is over 70 and has been cautiously reuniting with his grandkids. They progressed from Zoom calls, to staying far apart in a backyard, to quick hugs while wearing masks.“There are ways that you can get out of the house, that you can socially interact, but you have to do it carefully.
TODAY asked Cooney and Cotton to weigh in on some common scenarios older adults may face right now and the risks they present.
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