Exsurge Domine said:

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Didn't we just get the US study that showed that under 20 was totally clear of critical cases?

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AvidAggie said:

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Exsurge Domine said:

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Didn't we just get the US study that showed that under 20 was totally clear of critical cases?

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You have that link?

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Rapier108 said:

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jopatura said:

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I can see Abbott being spooked but it's a weird post.

I do know there were some kids diagnosed in the Austin area today. Maybe that led Abbott to panic.

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Kids can and do get it; that's well known and never been debated. Usually they get it from a family member who infects the rest of the family.

Most kids either develop no symptoms, or only a minor illness. The rare exception is a child with underlying health issues like the little girl who was hospitalized in Los Angeles.

While rare, it can sicken and even kill people in their 20s and 30s, but the overall percentage is very small so anytime it happens, the media plasters it all over the place. Did you see the article about the "21 year old Spanish soccer coach" who died of the virus? If you read just the headline it would be shocking, but if you read the article, you would find out he had leukemia as well.

This year's flu probably killed more people under 35 than this virus ever will, as it hit younger people, even kids, much harder than normal.

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Gumby said:

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Rapier108 said:

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jopatura said:

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I can see Abbott being spooked but it's a weird post.

I do know there were some kids diagnosed in the Austin area today. Maybe that led Abbott to panic.

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Kids can and do get it; that's well known and never been debated. Usually they get it from a family member who infects the rest of the family.

Most kids either develop no symptoms, or only a minor illness. The rare exception is a child with underlying health issues like the little girl who was hospitalized in Los Angeles.

While rare, it can sicken and even kill people in their 20s and 30s, but the overall percentage is very small so anytime it happens, the media plasters it all over the place. Did you see the article about the "21 year old Spanish soccer coach" who died of the virus? If you read just the headline it would be shocking, but if you read the article, you would find out he had leukemia as well.

This year's flu probably killed more people under 35 than this virus ever will, as it hit younger people, even kids, much harder than normal.

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I can't find it but someone posted the Italy data earlier today and there wasn't a single death under the age of 30 out of the first 1,200 deaths. And there were only 9 deaths between the ages of 30-50. The other 1,100+ deaths were people over 50 of age. And 99.2% of all deaths had an underlying condition.

Pretty compelling evidence that this virus is less lethal than the common flu for young people.

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JDCAG (NOT Colin) said:

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This news wouldn't come from folks meeting with a governor. It would be all over the news and probably start in the northwest Or NYC where things are worst.

This [...] sounds like a game of telephone where what was said is not what is being conveyed.

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Rapier108 said:

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Gumby said:

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Rapier108 said:

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jopatura said:

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I can see Abbott being spooked but it's a weird post.

I do know there were some kids diagnosed in the Austin area today. Maybe that led Abbott to panic.

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Kids can and do get it; that's well known and never been debated. Usually they get it from a family member who infects the rest of the family.

Most kids either develop no symptoms, or only a minor illness. The rare exception is a child with underlying health issues like the little girl who was hospitalized in Los Angeles.

While rare, it can sicken and even kill people in their 20s and 30s, but the overall percentage is very small so anytime it happens, the media plasters it all over the place. Did you see the article about the "21 year old Spanish soccer coach" who died of the virus? If you read just the headline it would be shocking, but if you read the article, you would find out he had leukemia as well.

This year's flu probably killed more people under 35 than this virus ever will, as it hit younger people, even kids, much harder than normal.

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I can't find it but someone posted the Italy data earlier today and there wasn't a single death under the age of 30 out of the first 1,200 deaths. And there were only 9 deaths between the ages of 30-50. The other 1,100+ deaths were people over 50 of age. And 99.2% of all deaths had an underlying condition.

Pretty compelling evidence that this virus is less lethal than the common flu for young people.

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Yeah, it was posted in various places earlier today.

Of course tonight the New York Slimes has their article out claiming it is extremely deadly to young people, which they define as "20-54", but they give no information as to the breakdown of ages, nor any information on how many have underlying health conditions.

Since "testing, testing, testing" ran its course, this is the latest thing for the media to go hysterical over.

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Gumby said:

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Rapier108 said:

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Gumby said:

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Rapier108 said:

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jopatura said:

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I can see Abbott being spooked but it's a weird post.

I do know there were some kids diagnosed in the Austin area today. Maybe that led Abbott to panic.

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Kids can and do get it; that's well known and never been debated. Usually they get it from a family member who infects the rest of the family.

Most kids either develop no symptoms, or only a minor illness. The rare exception is a child with underlying health issues like the little girl who was hospitalized in Los Angeles.

While rare, it can sicken and even kill people in their 20s and 30s, but the overall percentage is very small so anytime it happens, the media plasters it all over the place. Did you see the article about the "21 year old Spanish soccer coach" who died of the virus? If you read just the headline it would be shocking, but if you read the article, you would find out he had leukemia as well.

This year's flu probably killed more people under 35 than this virus ever will, as it hit younger people, even kids, much harder than normal.

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I can't find it but someone posted the Italy data earlier today and there wasn't a single death under the age of 30 out of the first 1,200 deaths. And there were only 9 deaths between the ages of 30-50. The other 1,100+ deaths were people over 50 of age. And 99.2% of all deaths had an underlying condition.

Pretty compelling evidence that this virus is less lethal than the common flu for young people.

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Yeah, it was posted in various places earlier today.

Of course tonight the New York Slimes has their article out claiming it is extremely deadly to young people, which they define as "20-54", but they give no information as to the breakdown of ages, nor any information on how many have underlying health conditions.

Since "testing, testing, testing" ran its course, this is the latest thing for the media to go hysterical over.

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I just looked at the CDC report referenced in the NYT article. The author of that CDC report did a pretty piss poor job in my opinion. The CDC report says there were 9 deaths in the US between the ages of 20-64. But when you look at the data, it appears only one of these deaths was under the age of 44. And most were in the 55-64 age range.

There were a lot of hospitalizations for people aged 20-44 though so it does appear that younger people can get sick enough to require hospitalization which would increase the strain on the health care system.

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Willy Wonka said:

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What did the original post say. I guess it's taken down.

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cbr said:

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Fwiw a friend of a friend has an 18yo nyu student child in icu right mow with it. He's got enough money for any option but they dont know if he'll make it. That is not in the news. Takeaway is just that we are simply not getting complete or accurate information from anywhere.

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beerad12man said:

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Who in their right mind ever thought the young would be completely immune to this?

I don't understand people treating this like a revelation when 100K young people get it and a small percentage pass away. Not trying to be insensitive, but anyone that understands basic math realizes this.

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