As Covid-19 continues to divide social groups, generational relationships are being tested like never before. Young people in the prime of their social lives are being asked to stay distant in tiny apartments; the emotional, economic and psychological effects are clear and also likely long-lasting. Waiting for a vaccine feels interminably long to everyone, of course, and with immunity hardly a given, it's tough to blame young adults for throwing caution to the wind. This pandemic has hardly been our era's great equalizer, but as cases have begun to skew younger, perhaps even those of us who feel invincible will step back and find common ground over a virus that, by itself, doesn't discriminate. Why Young Adults Are Driving the New Coronavirus Spike — Lara Williams Give the Covid Vaccine to Healthy Young People First — Faye Flam Rich Royals Face a Millennial Covid-19 Reckoning — Lionel Laurent With Coronavirus Spreading, It's a Bizarre Time to Open Nightclubs — Ferdinando Giugliano Recessions Lead People to Make Big Money Mistakes — Erin Lowry Russia Doesn't Really Know Whether Its Covid Vaccine Works — Max Nisen Not Even Herd Immunity Could Fully Protect Us — Tyler Cowen This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of our top commentary published every Sunday. |
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