When I was kid visiting my grandfather in Manhattan, he would take me to the park. He stopped to chat along the way with other retired people he knew in the neighborhood who were sitting at benches, getting some fresh air. This was true even in the winter, so long as it wasn’t ridiculously cold.
I remember them talking about how now that it was flu season they were being careful not to ride the subways because they knew being elderly they were more at risk for flu complications and the subways were crowded. They just curtailed their various entertainment activities that they took the subway downtown to get to. In some cases, if they didn’t have a bad hip or something, they walked maybe 20 blocks or so to visit a friend instead of taking the subway.
I also remember that these people were not overweight.
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