COVID-19 ageism towards older people

Doctors devote too much time to treating older people who are sick with COVID-19.

Older people constitute too heavy a burden on the heath system.

Sometimes older people are too heavy a burden on their families.

Older people are to blame for public transportation being closed to younger people, due to their fear that they will be infected on trains and buses.

If not for the fear of infecting older people with the virus, all the commotion about COVID-19 would not have occurred to such an extent.

Older people are to blame for the fact that, due to the fear of infecting them, younger people can no longer move around public places.

As older people are afraid to be infected, younger people can no longer work to the extent that they did before the start of the epidemic.

There is no need to close the whole country for such a limited number of people, who in any case do not have many years left to live.

Most older people do not follow the instructions of the Health Ministry and the government regarding personal hygiene and use of disinfectants.

Most older people do not follow the instructions of the Health Ministry and the government regarding physical and social distancing.

Older people expect the government to care mainly for their needs during the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19 ageism towards younger people

Doctors devote too much time to treating younger people who are sick with COVID-19.

Younger people constitute too heavy a burden on the social security system, such as unemployment compensation.

Sometimes younger people are too heavy a burden on their families.

Younger people are to blame for the fact that older people have to fear being infected with COVID-19.

If younger people would follow the hygiene rules, regarding wearing masks and distancing, all the commotion about COVID-19 would not have occurred to such an extent.

As younger people have not stopped going to public places, older people have to fear being infected with COVID-19.

There is no reason to endanger an entire country because younger people want to have a good time.

Most younger people do not follow the instructions of the Health Ministry and the government regarding personal hygiene and use of disinfectants.

Most younger people do not follow the instructions of the Health Ministry and the government regarding physical and social distancing.

Younger people expect the government to care mainly for their needs during the COVID-19 crisis.