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COVID-19 and the consequences of isolating the elderly
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As countries are affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the elderly population will soon be told to self-isolate for “a very long time” in the UK, and elsewhere.1 This attempt to shield the over-70s, and thereby protect over-burdened health systems, comes as worldwide countries enforce lockdowns, curfews, and social isolation to mitigate the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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- Authors
- Armitage, R., & Nellums, L. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Armitage, Richard
- Venue
- The Lancet Public Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-05
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e256
- ISSN
- 2468-2667 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7104160
- OpenAlex
- W3011663503
- Cited by
- 1,597
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 31 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 142 · 2023: 205 · 2022: 279 · 2021: 521 · 2020: 352
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, older adults, self-isolation, social isolation, lockdown, health system burden
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Aged, Anxiety, Depression, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, United States, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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