My Elephant’s Name is COVID, COVID-19.

I am not one to ignore the elephant in the room… COVID-19 is that nasty virus that has shut down everything fun across the globe.   This virus has changed everyone’s lives from quarantine to, sadly, losing a loved one.  According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), seniors are one of the more susceptible populations to get the virus.  Let’s talk about why…  As we age, we get slower.  Lets be clear, we are no less capable, powerful, and dynamic, but we do get slower.  Our thinking gets a little slower; our movement gets a little slower; and our immune system get a little slower.  We just can’t fight illnesses and infections like we used to, just like most of us can’t so anything as fast as we used to.  Luckily, most of us don’t really want to do things as fast as we used to.   I don’t feel the need to drive as fast as I used to but I don’t meet as many very nice police officers as I used to either.  There is a yin and yang to everything, really, but I digress.  Another reason seniors are more at risk is an underlying condition we may have, most of us have at least one, that make fighting the virus even more difficult.  Lastly, our lungs may be damaged from smoking, living with a smoker, or pollution we have all lived around longer than younger folks.  The older we are, the more these issues apply.   This is why we can’t see our loved ones in long term living facilities and rehabs and why we need to be very careful not to spread the virus to older people.   Everyone please stay healthy and safe and let’s look out for one another.