- Millennials and baby boomers are handling the coronavirus pandemic in very different ways.
- Millennials are more stressed and staying indoors, trying to save money and make memes.
- Many baby boomers are trying to leave their homes to panic buy toilet paper and socialize with friends.
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The coronavirus pandemic has furthered the generational divide between millennials and baby boomers.
Not only is each group facing different risk levels for becoming ill with the coronavirus, they're both handling the pandemic in different ways. Many millennials are holing up in their apartments with Netflix and their iPhones, while many boomers are still trying to play backgammon or have trivia night with their friends.
Millennials are feeling more stressed by the current state of things - and their socializing boomer parents - and are turning to memes to cope with it. Meanwhile, boomers are out panic buying goods like toilet paper.
The coronavirus is also sending the economy into the throes of a possible recession. It's completely shaping the money habits of millennials, who are still scarred from the Great Recession, more so than baby boomers.
Here's how millennials and baby boomers are divided during the pandemic.