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> The UK plan is effectively to get as many people as possible that are young, and thus at a super low risk of needing hospitalization to get infected The risk
by bonzini 7y ago
> The UK plan is effectively to get as many people as possible that are young, and thus at a super low risk of needing hospitalization to get infected
The risk is already not that low at 55-65. These are people that are working and thus very likely to catch it.
- kgwgk 7y ago51% of patients requiring intensive care in Italy are in the 50-70 range. 12% are younger than 50.
- Engineering-MD 7y agoWhat is your source for those figures? I haven’t been able to find the breakdown.
- kgwgk 7y agohttps://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Bollettino-sorveglianza-integrata-COVID-19_12-marzo-2020.pdf https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Bolletti... Unfortunately they don't give a more detailed breakdown.
- bitL 7y agoThe first ICU patient in Italy was a 38-year old man who ran two half marathons a week before hospitalization. Iranian 22-year old futsal national team member passed away as well. Many young people have damaged lugs for life after surviving on ICU. I am not sure why people downplay the potential of damage for younger and healthier people just because it predominantly targets old and sick people. The virus might also mutate to more deadly strains.