Health Official Says Millennials Are “The Core Group That Will Stop This Virus,” Pandemic Hits Restaurant And Bar Sales Hard

Millennials are a major “key” in putting an end to the coronavirus, according to a top White House health official.

White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx says millennials are the primary group of people that directly impact the spread of the coronavirus and the leading group that can help educate others about the outbreak.” The millennials are incredibly good about getting information out in a clear way, but more importantly, they are incredibly good about understanding how to protect one another, how to protect their parents, and how to protect their grandparents,” Brix said.

“Right now we need the army of millennials out there doing everything that they can to protect themselves from getting infected because we know a lot of their cases will be mild or asymptomatic, and making sure that they’re doing every single precaution to protect their parents and grandparents,” she continued.

Brix also explained that millennials geographically make up the leading group of people that are responsible for spreading it in populous cities, according to ABC news. “When you look at data, it’s very important to integrate both health data and public health data and cases with census,” she said. “If you look at every large city across America at the census bar graph, you’ll see that in every single case, the largest numbers, about 22% in many cities, are millennials.”

However, the human population has cut down the spread of coronavirus by using social distancing and quarantining. Brix has been part of the fight against the outbreak of AIDS for three years, and she recently shared the White House’s latest guidelines for the disease. “Our job every day in the task force is to bring the most recent data, our most recent scientific evidence, from around the globe, and all of the new models that we’ve been working on to really understand what elements of mitigation at the community level could have the biggest impact on stopping the spread of the virus to protect our older generation and ensure that they don’t become infected,” Brix said.

The new rules include avoiding gatherings of more than 10 people, avoid eating and drinking in bars, restaurants, and food plazas. Brix said millennials are the “core group that will stop this virus” “The one effort we can have is every single American taking responsibility and making those sacrifices,” Brix said.

As citizens are urged to stay home, restaurants, bars, and other businesses of hospitality have taken a significant hit on sales. Many companies have closed down on their own accord or due to mandates. “What had the biggest impact in the model is social distancing, small groups, not going in public in large groups,” Dr. Brix said. To help with the loss of income, liquor companies like Diageo, maker of Johnnie Walker and Ketel One, have donated $100,000 to the U.S. Bartender’s Guild’s fundraising efforts, Whiskey brand Jameson’s has also pledged $500,000 to the USBG.