Fewer babies’ cries. More abandoned homes. Toward the middle of this century, as deaths start to exceed births, changes will come that are hard to fathom.
On the new podcast “70 Over 70,” Max Linsky queries Dionne Warwick, Norman Lear and his own father about living well and other “meaning of life stuff.”
In some U.S. counties, nearly all people over 65 are vaccinated.
People over 65, who are much more likely than younger people to become seriously ill from Covid, have been a high priority since the U.S. vaccination campaign began. Credit.Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
May 15, 2021, 9:32 a.m. ET
Some counties have blown far past that threshold, getting shots into more than 90 percent of residents 65 and older and offering an example for other areas where vaccine campaigns have lagged.
Two of the most populous 90-percent-plus counties are Jo Daviess County, Ill., across the Mississippi River from Dubuque, Iowa, and Dane County, Wis., which includes Madison, the state capital.
Lucha Libre, Yoga, Dancing: Welcome to Mexico Cityâs Vaccination Sites
To calm Mexico Cityâs elderly, who were arriving âreally scaredâ at vaccination sites, officials cued up the bands and masked wrestlers.
Lucha Libre wrestlers and a band performing at a vaccination center in Mexico City.Credit.Alejandro Cegarra for The New York Times
May 2, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
MEXICO CITY â Someone in a Charlie Brown costume frantically waves hello. A person dressed as a monkey pretends to take photos with a stuffed camera. An elderly man who just got his second shot of the Pfizer vaccine grabs a microphone and starts singing very loudly.