Volunteers with the nonprofit organization "We Are Family DC," from left, Noel Schroeder, Art Chambers, and Alida Pham, wear cloth gloves due to the lack of available plastic ones as they pack boxes of food to deliver to seniors' homes, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. Seniors are being encouraged to stay in their homes due to the risk of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
March 27, 2020
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March 27, 2020 2:33 p.m.
For seniors, isolation changes life in varied, nuanced ways
One remembers the polio epidemic and the hardships of World War II. One is stoic about it all — because, he says, he's already “here past the welcome.” A third, old enough to remember the aftermath of the 1918 flu epidemic, turns to her faith in challenging times.