Selected article for: "age structure and social distancing"

Author: Jennifer Beam Dowd; Valentina Rotondi; Liliana Adriano; David M Brazel; Per Block; Xuejie Ding; Yan Liu; Melinda C Mills
Title: Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19
  • Document date: 2020_3_18
  • ID: gv8wlo06_8
    Snippet: The age structure of populations also suggests that the often squeezed "sandwich" generation of adults who care for both the old and young are an important link for mitigating transmission. Beyond introducing sick pay for those who need to self-isolate or care for family members, joint government and industry emergency policy measures should seek to counter family economic crises by delaying rent and mortgage payments for example, particularly fo.....
    Document: The age structure of populations also suggests that the often squeezed "sandwich" generation of adults who care for both the old and young are an important link for mitigating transmission. Beyond introducing sick pay for those who need to self-isolate or care for family members, joint government and industry emergency policy measures should seek to counter family economic crises by delaying rent and mortgage payments for example, particularly for vulnerable and precarious workers. In the absence of economic security measures, this crucial sandwich generation may be less able to comply with policies that allow social distancing.

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