Ravers and boomers: is intergenerational Covid tension real?
by Archie Bland from World news | The Guardian on (#56Q4S)
With don't kill granny' warnings and talk of an over-50s lockdown, there are fears unity is fraying in the UK
On a Saturday evening in mid-July, Michael made a video call to his grandmother and checked she had everything she needed. Then, along with about 3,000 others, he set out for an illegal rave.
Despite coronavirus lockdown measures, Michael, a 20-year-old student from Bristol who asked to use a pseudonym, went to the event at a former RAF airfield near Bath three weeks ago with a group of friends. Before they met up, he said, their group chat was mostly excitement, but a little bit of trepidation". Michael added: But we just thought, none of us live with old people, and the rules are all confusion."
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