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Old 03-03-2020, 08:13 PM   #588
BWillie BWillie is offline
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So Ive done the research now to see how this effects people 18 to 50 compared to older people.

If Covid-19 infected as many people under 50 as the flu every year, then roughly 18,000 more would die each year.

It appears Covid-19 is about 5x as deadly to people under 50 as the regular flu. But the flu isn't really deadly for us to begin with. So there is almost no reason to care about the population in this age group. When you consider that this age group still accounts for some middle aged ppl with underlying conditions like hypertension, diabetes then one can conclude that the flu or covid-19 is almost of no concern to a normal healthy adult, almost at all.

Now it appears Covid-19 is 15x to 20x as lethal to those 65 years+ than the regular flu, which is already pretty devasting to begin with for that population. ESPECIALLY for those over 80.

My grandma got the regular flu at 90, then got pneumonia and died. Its always been a big concern for the elderly and covid 19 is exponentially worse unfortunately. Makes you wonder why nursing homes even exist to put old ppl in close proximity to each other. One would think with a dwindling immune system you should avoid close contact with ppl.

Conclusion, make all of the old ppl stay inside and watch Matlock and Wheel of Fortune. Be completely indifferent if anyone under 50 gets it unless they have an underlying condition. And it has already been established that for some reason Covid-19 not only is very mild on children but they don't even contract it at near the rate of the rest of the population.

Based on CDC flu numbers compared to known mortality rate of different age groups of Covid19: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm

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