We know the "flu" kills more than a few young adults each flu season

Apr 2, 2020
11:16:23pm

Busiturtle Intervention Needed

No one freaks out about them needing to practice social distancing to avoid getting the flu

The risks are very similar, if not less with COVID. But the social response is completely different.

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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.

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