[Mr Ramsbotham]

According to the CDC, because older adults are more at risk of suffering serious symptoms from coronavirus, they have been advised to stay indoors and avoid crowded places to reduce their exposure during the outbreak.

That's why they make them stay indoors in a crowded place.

[Impala64ssa]

I was around 12 during the Hong Kong flu epidemic. They said pretty much the same thing then, newborns, the elderly and people with health problems needed to take extra precautions. Me and most of my classmates got it, stayed out of school for a few days and got over it.