By grouping all people 65 and older into one category, we may inadvertently make a world where later years are valued less
. “Ageism is a strange phenomenon — it’s prejudice against your future self. The answer on all counts is to take good care of yourself and others. We are all in this together.”
So where will this leave us post-COVID-19? Once you actively stigmatize an entire demographic and assign them less value than other human beings, it sets a dangerous precedent that isn’t easily reversed. “I’m afraid that some of this ageism is going to stick around,” Hirschberger says.
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