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‘We need to take care of grandma and grandpa, but from far away.’
The key to defeating the global pandemic of coronavirus is isolating the elderly population in the hope that young people who are not in the risk group for complications would develop herd immunity, Israel’s caretaker Defense Minister said Friday in a recorded statement.
“The most important thing… is to separate old people from younger people. The single most lethal combination is when a grandma hugs her grandson,” the right-wing politician said.
“What we need to over the following period of time is take care of grandma and grandpa, but from far away. Lots of Whatsapps and Skypes and you name it.”
“Bring them food, clean the box before you leave and then they take it into their house, but do not enter the house, do not hug them because you’re risking them” Bennett specified.
According to Bennett, the few following months will see the rest of the population contract the virus – and the majority of the infected won’t manifest any symptoms or be aware they carry the disease.
