【武漢肺炎】新型コロナ、欧米では「 #BoomerRemover (団内除去剤)」がトレンドに　世代間戦争が勃発　若者のせいで高齢者が危機

コロナウイルスをめぐる世代間の戦争

科学者たちは、若者の間で警戒心の欠如は、ウイルスとの戦いを妨げ、高齢者を危険にさらす可能性があると言っています

A Generational War Is Brewing Over Coronavirus

Scientists say lack of alarm among young people could hinder the fight against the virus and endanger elders

By Bojan Pancevski in Berlin, Stacy Meichtry in Paris and Xavier Fontdegloria in Barcelona
March 17, 2020 5:30 am ET
How the New Coronavirus Became a Global Pandemic
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How the New Coronavirus Became a Global Pandemic

On Dec. 1, 2019, a patient in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of what doctors determined was a new coronavirus. Since then, the virus has spread to infect more than 100,000 people. Here’s how the virus grew to a global pandemic. Photo illustration: Carter McCall/WSJ
Scientists and government officials fighting the coronavirus epidemic say they have a problem: Carefree youths.

As authorities moved to restrict social gatherings last week, bars and restaurants from New York to Berlin filled up with revelers, illegal “lockdown parties” popped up in France and Belgium, and campuses in the U.S. lit up for end-of-the-world dorm parties.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-generational-war-is-brewing-over-coronavirus-11584437401

「Boomer Remover」はコロナウイルスCOVID-19のニックネームで、金曜日の早い時期にTwitterでトレンドになり始めました。

この用語は65,000以上ツイートされ、COVID-19に感染した高齢者、特に56歳から74歳のBoomer Baby age(団塊世代)を含む60歳以上の人の死亡率が高いことを示しています。

"Boomer Remover," a mean nickname for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, began trending on Twitter early Friday.

The term has appeared in more than 65,000 tweets and references the higher mortality rate among older people infected with COVID-19―particularly among people over 60, including the Boomer Baby age cohort approximately between the ages of 56 and 74.

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https://www.newsweek.com/boomer-remover-meme-trends-virus-coronavirus-social-media-covid-19-baby-boomers-1492190

ベビーブーマー（英: baby boomers）とは、第二次世界大戦の終結直後に、復員兵の帰還に伴って出生率が上昇した時期に生まれた世代を指す。,団塊の世代
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/baby+boomers