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European Governments Face 'Gray Revolt'

Jamie Dettmer

   Governments across Europe are facing a coronavirus-related revolt from
   the elderly, who are pushing back on plans that would see their
   home-confinement prolonged as restrictions on other age groups are
   slowly relaxed. Seniors say a prolonged "gray lockdown" amounts to age
   discrimination and will probably cut their lives short anyway,
   regardless of the coronavirus.

   They have support from some doctors, who warn of the "impact" lockdowns
   are having on the "physical and mental health" of the elderly.

   In Britain, where all those aged 70 and over, regardless of their
   health, have been classified as "clinically vulnerable" and told to
   stay at home, the British Medical Association (BMA) has urged Prime
   Minister Boris Johnson to include the elderly in any plans for easing
   the coronavirus lockdown in the coming weeks. Home confinement is
   damaging the mental health of seniors, they say.

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