A used surgical mask is seen on the ground at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, United States on February 28, 2020. The third confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Santa Clara County was treated at the hospital, according to Richard Angeloni, interim communications director at the hospital. The new case is the second confirmed case in the US without travel history and did not have contact with any travelers or infected people. (Photo by Yichuan Cao/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.
Following a barrage of media reports showcasing spring-breakers partying on beaches and New Yorkers continuing to congregate in public parks, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams issued out a dire warning:
Take the threat of coronavirus seriously, or else things are going to get worse.
This week in particular will undoubtedly be the worst one yet, Adams said on Monday morning, while speaking as a guest on the “TODAY” show.
“I want America to understand this week, it’s going to get bad,” Adams said.
The reasons for why things were getting worse were simple: people aren’t adhering to guidelines to socially distance themselves from others.
“Right now, there are not enough people out there who are taking this seriously,” Adams added.
The Surgeon General noted that young people needed to treat the threat of the disease differently — to act as if “they have the virus right now,” as he put it. “So, test or no test, we need you to understand you could be spreading it to someone else. Or you could be getting it from someone else. Stay at home.”
While Adams’ words should be heeded, young people in general are not the only ones not listening to the CDC when it comes to how they should behave during this crisis. In fact, empirical evidence suggests it’s older generations who need to change their mindsets.
According to an Economist/YouGov poll conducted last week, among those who were asked whether they changed their behavior due to the spread of COVID-19, those between the ages of 18 to 29 were the age bracket who responded most in the affirmative, with 50 percent saying they did. Among 45-64 year-olds, only 37 percent said they changed their behaviors.
There is also a noticeable partisan divide in who is taking the spread of the disease seriously. Among Democrats, 52 percent said they changed their normal behavior in last week’s poll, while only 35 percent of Republicans said the same.
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