WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A young chef is honing his online chess game. A copywriter is meditating to battle isolation anxiety. And many are spending even more time on social media to stay connected.
Millennials, young adults in their 20s and 30s, who are under “shelter-at-home” orders in major cities from New York to California are facing the prospect of being physically detached, but this generation is the one most prepared for the long lonely slog, experts said.
“They are the core group that will stop this virus. They’re the group that communicates successfully, independent of picking up a phone,” Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said this week.
California areas under a shelter-in-place order all have the same rule: Vulnerable populations must stay home and anyone else can only leave to get food, care for a relative or friend, get necessary health care or work an “essential” job.
Taking a walk or bike ride outside is OK as long as people are not in groups and stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) away from one another.
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