Death rates are definitely much higher for the elderly. But ICU capacity and a

Mar 29, 2020
11:18:53am

chilango Intervention Needed

shortage of medical resources are a big driver for the actions that governments are taking, and it doesn’t really matter what the age of the people in the ICU is. Old or young, they use up beds and ventilators and resources and doctors’ time.

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If the current death rate for people under 60 was the death rate for ALL age

boogers

3/29/20 11:00am

The hospitalization rate matters just as much, if not more, in terms of the

chilango

3/29/20 11:06am

Sure. Until I see the age related numbers of hospitalization cases demonstrating

boogers

3/29/20 11:09am

Like this? Half the coronavirus ICU patients in France are under 60.

chilango

3/29/20 11:12am

Thanks, I will look at that. I'm going to need more data on how many of

boogers

3/29/20 11:15am

Death rates are definitely much higher for the elderly. But ICU capacity and a

chilango

3/29/20 11:18am

This could and should be managed without a total economic shut down.

boogers

3/29/20 11:29am

The numbers that will eventually come out are *because* of the measures we take.

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:24am

Or this: ~40% of the hospitalized in the US are between 20 and 54

chilango

3/29/20 11:15am

79.5% of deaths >65. 29% admitted were 20-44. 18% were 45-54 and 18% were

boogers

3/29/20 11:24am

I addressed this in my post above. I am not disputing that death rates are much

chilango

3/29/20 11:26am

You are addressing a comparison between doing nothing and current measures.

boogers

3/29/20 11:28am

A fair point, although you should drop the part that sounds like dismissal.

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:33am

I have seen very few posts "dismissing" covid 19. I have seen MANY post posing

boogers

3/29/20 12:00pm

Every cough matters

ABCoug

3/29/20 11:08am

It would be mass hysteria if kids were dying from this.

cougfanz

3/29/20 11:10am

true.

boogers

3/29/20 11:16am

Yep ... it’s all a PC scam

coolcats

3/29/20 11:10am

You know that's not the point I am making. Give me data to indicate

boogers

3/29/20 11:12am

RE: You know that's not the point I am making. Give me data to indicate

coolcats

3/29/20 11:16am

Bad take. Fatality rates are 1.9% 50-59, 0.7% 40-49, and 0.3% 30-39.

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:11am

If we do nothing. That would be horrible. Disingenuous to imply my post

boogers

3/29/20 11:26am

"Unfortunately, we are so held hostage to social justice warrior garbage PC"

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:34am

It is possible to feel like we are being held hostage

zerigke

3/29/20 11:57am

It's not a scam, it's almost willful blindness. Scam implies premeditiation.

boogers

3/29/20 11:57am

I agree about willful blindness, just perhaps not in the way you're implying.

ReyOso

3/29/20 12:57pm

This is borderline comical.The blindness is coming from the position that states

boogers

3/29/20 1:33pm

I agree. The narrative that people are trying to create as I mentioned above

zerigke

3/29/20 1:49pm

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rivercitycoug

3/29/20 11:11am

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