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Apr 2, 2020
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BYU '80
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For the young I’m not sure it has been much worse
For everyone else it has
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Why are "leaders" freaked out about young healthy people getting COVID?
Busiturtle
4/2/20 10:59pm
You obviously know the answer.
8-track
4/2/20 11:04pm
Doing so won’t overwhelm the hospitals
BYU '80
4/2/20 11:08pm
We want to slow the spread to those who would require hospitalization
Busiturtle
4/2/20 11:10pm
that's assuming they can't get it again. Some reports say it's possible
mindzeYe
4/3/20 12:59am
I love your magical thinking, "The more who get it now without overwhelming
8-track
4/3/20 10:06am
His solution would probably work for the U.S. Italy is a different monster
yerromnitsuj
4/3/20 10:36am
You said it: "young people can then spread COVID to others"
ColoSpgs
4/2/20 11:05pm
I just love that seemingly every
BYU '80
4/2/20 11:07pm
A thousand old, compromised, obese, people pass, and they run to the one
777
4/2/20 11:10pm
Hasn't it been said enough that COVID is particularly severe
JmThms
4/2/20 11:10pm
For the young I’m not sure it has been much worse
BYU '80
4/2/20 11:12pm
Less of a risk for the young but still more than regular flu.
JmThms
4/2/20 11:13pm
We know the "flu" kills more than a few young adults each flu season
Busiturtle
4/2/20 11:16pm
I wonder if some degree of cross-pollenization might not be beneficial in the long run.
antiyewt
4/2/20 11:15pm
Go get it and then spread it to your parents
TheRealU
4/2/20 11:16pm
Uhh... your grand parents should be self isolating.
kotacoug
4/3/20 12:07am
^^^^^GETS IT^^^^°
TrueBlue67
4/3/20 4:56am
I said this here 2 weeks ago and it wasn’t well received.
byublue42
4/3/20 7:40am
Except that many young healthy people are still requiring hospitalization
TheRealU
4/3/20 10:24am
Your last sentence is very cynical. It's definitely not a "Merica" problem but
yerromnitsuj
4/3/20 10:33am
And also like no other country "is filled with knuckleheads and incompetents".
JmThms
4/3/20 10:40am
You are not understanding the issue
TheRealU
4/3/20 10:51am
Yes but it was that last sentence that caused consternation.
JmThms
4/3/20 12:59pm
Agreed. We may need herd immunity to beat this thing. We can't hide in our homes
yerromnitsuj
4/2/20 11:30pm
I guess one flaw in this is that it's not necessarily age that is the biggest
yerromnitsuj
4/2/20 11:34pm
Nonsense. It absolutely is age.
antiyewt
4/2/20 11:59pm
They're intertwined but it appears that those who are old but do not have
yerromnitsuj
4/3/20 12:32am
Median death is around 53 so half of deaths are under 53.
ptcougr
4/3/20 3:22am
I haven’t seen this number anywhere, it sounds made up to me.
byublue42
4/3/20 7:39am
Age and medically compromised. All should be self isolating.
kotacoug
4/3/20 12:10am
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