The COVID-19 Pandemic, Biogerontology, and the Ageing of Humanity.
In: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical, Jg. 76 (2021-07-13), Heft 8, S. e92-e96
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The World Health Organization designated the decade 2020-2030 as the "decade of healthy ageing." It is a tragic irony that the year 2020 should begin with a pandemic that is so lethal for older persons. Not only are older persons the most vulnerable to COVID-19 mortality, but many of the mitigation efforts to slow the spread of the virus have imposed yet further emotional and mental health burdens on the most vulnerable among those older than 70 years. To help prevent future infectious disease mortality and suffering, as well as the profound health burdens from the chronic diseases associated with ageing, insights from biogerontology must become an integral part of global public health priorities. The timing is ripe for making the public health aspiration of developing an applied gerontological intervention a reality.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Biogerontology, and the Ageing of Humanity.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Farrelly, C |
| Zeitschrift: | The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical, Jg. 76 (2021-07-13), Heft 8, S. e92-e96 |
| Veröffentlichung: | Washington, DC : published on behalf of the Gerontological Society of America by Oxford University Press ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Washington, DC : Gerontological Society of America, c1995-, 2021 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| ISSN: | 1758-535X (electronic) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/gerona/glab027 |
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