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> Young People at the lowest risk from this virus are going to be much worse off than just catching a fucking bad cold. It's not a "fucking bad cold" for young

> Young People at the lowest risk from this virus are going to be much worse off than just catching a fucking bad cold. It's not a "fucking bad cold" for young people. - Over 50% of ICU patients in Netherlands from COVID-19 are under 50. [1] - Over 50% of ICU patients in France are under 60. [2] - Over 40% of patients requiring hospitalization in China were under 50. [3] Young people are not invincible. The fact that they can use up a significant chunk of already scarce medical resources suggests that we really shouldn't be sending that message and encouraging young people to not give a sh*t about the epidemic. [1] https://www.ad.nl/dossier-coronavirus/40-a-50-nederlandse-coronapatienten-op-intensive-cares-meer-dan-de-helft-is-onder-de-vijftig~a058aad2/ https://www.ad.nl/dossier-coronavirus/40-a-50-nederlandse-co... [2] https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/03/300-people-with-coronavirus-are-in-intensive-care-in-france-most-of-them-are-under-60/ https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/03/300-... [3] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032

kqr 7y ago
Those numbers measure the wrong thing. The proportion of young people in care means nothing without knowing also the proportion of young people infected.
- deleted 7y ago
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- blueblisters 7y ago
  South Korea had a large proportion of young infected people: https://medium.com/@andreasbackhausab/coronavirus-why-its-so-deadly-in-italy-c4200a15a7bf https://medium.com/@andreasbackhausab/coronavirus-why-its-so...
  - AncientTree 7y ago
    They were part of a cult: https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/coronavirus-and-south-koreas-cults/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/coronavirus-and-south-koreas...
- dx034 7y ago
  Even if the number of young infected is much larger, it still means a significant number of young people need hospital treatment. A cold basically never needs hospital treatment. So it may not be deadly for the young but it's certainly not a bad cold.
easytiger 7y ago
Well if you triage patients and ventilate people much more likely to survive, that's what the numbers might end up being
- sdkaufman 7y ago
  No, triage based on likelihood of survival has not been happening widely yet in France and the Netherlands (thankfully).

kqr 7y ago

Those numbers measure the wrong thing. The proportion of young people in care means nothing without knowing also the proportion of young people infected.

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blueblisters 7y ago
South Korea had a large proportion of young infected people: https://medium.com/@andreasbackhausab/coronavirus-why-its-so-deadly-in-italy-c4200a15a7bf https://medium.com/@andreasbackhausab/coronavirus-why-its-so...
- AncientTree 7y ago
  They were part of a cult: https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/coronavirus-and-south-koreas-cults/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/coronavirus-and-south-koreas...
dx034 7y ago
Even if the number of young infected is much larger, it still means a significant number of young people need hospital treatment. A cold basically never needs hospital treatment. So it may not be deadly for the young but it's certainly not a bad cold.

easytiger 7y ago

Well if you triage patients and ventilate people much more likely to survive, that's what the numbers might end up being

sdkaufman 7y ago
No, triage based on likelihood of survival has not been happening widely yet in France and the Netherlands (thankfully).