but they don’t realize that they can be carrying lots of bad things home to grandmother and grandfather and even their parents” ( WhiteHouse.Gov, 2020). President Trump addressed this externality in a White House Press Briefing saying, “They’re feeling invincible. Given the age-mortality gradient of COVID-19 ( CDC, 2020, Zhou et al., 2020), young Americans face a greater divergence in social costs and internal costs than older age groups. Thousands of college students flocked to spring break destinations in March 2020, garnering international media attention and arousing concern that increased travel with population dense social interactions could increase COVID-19 spread ( BBC News, CBS, CNN, Montgomery, Fernandez, 2020, VOA). At the end of the day, I’m not gonna let it stop me from partying.” – University student interviewed by CBS News on March 18, 2020
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