[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

38% of people hospitalized with COVID-19 were between the ages of 20-54, CDC reports.

"This disease is more widespread, more transmissible, and perhaps more dangerous to more groups of people than we previously understood,” @chucktodd says.https://t.co/OdfRm9PeZN

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 20, 2020

it looks like it's a total shut down or millions of deaths.

Those figures are almost COMPLETELY meaningless except to sensationalize things and get clicks.

Let me give you a completely made up but plausible scenario. Let's say that the people between 0 and 54 ignore all the advice and put themselves at much higher risk. This activity results in 50x (all made up figures here, just to prove a point) as many cases in that particular age group. So in a certain geographical area you have 1000 people who are 54+ infected and 50,000 people <54 infected. 124 people from the 54+ group end up hospitalized. 76 people from the <54 group end up hospitalized.

OMG !!!! 38%are under 54!!!! Yes. and they represent .152% of the people infected from their age group.

Since we have absolutely ZERO clue what the true numbers are these types of percentages are completely meaningless. They are nothing but sensationalism meant to scare people. You maye be ok with it but I see it as outright dishonesty and it's ****ING REPREHENSIBLE behavior.