Day number two of shelter-in-place in California where I live, among the states hardest hit with the coronavirus. As my baby boomer husband said last week: "Getting out of bed to a different day in Coronaville."

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"Coronavirus." "Pandemic." "Shelter-in-place." "COVID-19." "Social distancing." "Self-quarantine." "Stay-at-Home." "Lock-down." "Isolation." To think just a mere month ago these words were not part of our everyday vocabulary. People wearing masks, empty grocery shelves, incessant hand washing, travel bans, closed schools, working from home, and a plummeting stock-market.

This is our new normal.

On Thursday, the governor of California issued a statewide stay in the home order in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. At the time of today, five other states have done the same. Basically, which means staying at home with the exception of going to the store, looking into relatives, likely to the doctor, or exercising outdoors (as long as you stay six feet far from everyone). Schools and all non-essential businesses have now been closed. If that news wasn't dire enough, the governor also warned that 56% of California's population is at risk of obtaining the coronavirus. Now, there's a sobering thought.

Us baby boomers - specifically those ages 60 and older - well, as it happens we're the susceptible ones likely to become seriously ill using this virus. Although we felt young, tough, and invincible when we first learned about this pandemic, it seems like boomers are finally taking note. And that's a good thing.

To not be an alarmist, but may I make a suggestion? If you're an infant boomer over age 65 and not in self-quarantine or isolation, you need to seriously consider it, even when it's not currently required where you live. That's most certainly the case when you yourself have underlying health issues. I understand, I know. Self-quarantining wasn't exactly on your bucket list and we boomers are used to active and social lives. But look at what happened in China and what's taking invest Italy and Spain right now at a breathtaking speed.