Homes with grandparents weigh virus risk as school starts Millions of seniors live in a home with at least one child, and the new school year could bring new worries for one of the groups most vulnerable to the coronavirusPHOENIX -- Zita Robinson, who's 77 and diabetic, has been careful around her granddaughter since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. “We live together, but we live apart.”Not hugging Grandma is hard for Trary, too: “It's like I can't see her anymore." The separation Trary and her grandmother experience in their home is becoming a bigger issue as children go back to school. Millions of seniors 65 and up, one of the populations most vulnerable to the virus, live with a school-age child. If a grandchild does bring the virus home, grandparents of color are at higher risk than their white counterparts, experts say.

Source: ABC News August 15, 2020 15:11 UTC