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No, it won't. If people mingle and fail to "flatten the curve", the whole mess will be over sooner, albeit with more dead old people. If you believe you can s

No, it won't. If people mingle and fail to "flatten the curve", the whole mess will be over sooner, albeit with more dead old people. If you believe you can starve the virus of hosts, you're delusional.

romants 7y ago
What about China and South Korea? It's possible, but people do need to be more responsible
- vonmoltke 7y ago
  I think it is dangerously premature to call anything in China or Korea "over".
  - romants 7y ago
    Definitely, no one is calling the situation over, but it is wildly different from Europe
- vkou 7y ago
  They are both still under lockdown.
bananabreakfast 7y ago
Old people are not the only ones dying.
- nostromo 7y ago
  Data from an Italian study: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-tho... Median age is 80.5. That's actually near the life expectancy of an Italian male. 99% of fatalities were among people with a prior illness. About half of the deaths were people suffering from three or more other illnesses. To put it very bluntly, a lot of the folks dying from COVID-19 were already dying. COVID-19 is the straw that broke the camel's back.
  - gokhan 7y ago
    You might be deadly wrong. About half of those infected in New York City are under 50 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html#link-63464ac9 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/nyregion/coronavirus-new-... ...preliminary figures released on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that adults ages 20 to 44 represent nearly one-third of U.S. coronavirus patients whose ages are known. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-millennials-young-adults.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-millen...
    - nostromo 7y ago
      Anyone can get infected of course. Does that surprise you? The study was regarding fatalities. In any case, it's not me who you're calling "deadly" wrong, it's the Italian Ministry of Health.
      - roskilli 7y ago
        CDC published numbers on Wednesday night that 40% of hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the US are adults younger than the age of 54. Sure they're not fatalities, but do you really want to go to an overcrowded hospital for COVID-19? (Will be worse when ventilators run out and hospitalization can't help you nearly as much)
        marknutter 7y ago
        Only 2.8% of all hospitalizations that required an ICU were people under 45 years old, though, and we have no idea what underlying health problems they may have had. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e2.htm
      - gokhan 7y ago
        The second link summarizes how unhealthy are millenials. What will happen when ICU capacity is not enough? There was another study suggesting that being exposed to the virus fast vs slow makes the difference, can't find it now. Crowded hospitals with millenials will surely make a difference for all.
stan_rogers 7y ago
As an "old people", I thank you for your consideration and concern.
- arbitrary_name 7y ago
  You're welcome. If you live, remember to vote progressively on housing and other things that your generation has a death grip on. If you pass, my condolences: It wasn't personal, merely generational. With some remaining respect, Young People

romants 7y ago

What about China and South Korea? It's possible, but people do need to be more responsible

vonmoltke 7y ago
I think it is dangerously premature to call anything in China or Korea "over".
- romants 7y ago
  Definitely, no one is calling the situation over, but it is wildly different from Europe
vkou 7y ago
They are both still under lockdown.

bananabreakfast 7y ago

Old people are not the only ones dying.

nostromo 7y ago
Data from an Italian study: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-tho... Median age is 80.5. That's actually near the life expectancy of an Italian male. 99% of fatalities were among people with a prior illness. About half of the deaths were people suffering from three or more other illnesses. To put it very bluntly, a lot of the folks dying from COVID-19 were already dying. COVID-19 is the straw that broke the camel's back.
- gokhan 7y ago
  You might be deadly wrong. About half of those infected in New York City are under 50 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html#link-63464ac9 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/nyregion/coronavirus-new-... ...preliminary figures released on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that adults ages 20 to 44 represent nearly one-third of U.S. coronavirus patients whose ages are known. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-millennials-young-adults.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-millen...
  - nostromo 7y ago
    Anyone can get infected of course. Does that surprise you? The study was regarding fatalities. In any case, it's not me who you're calling "deadly" wrong, it's the Italian Ministry of Health.
    - roskilli 7y ago
      CDC published numbers on Wednesday night that 40% of hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the US are adults younger than the age of 54. Sure they're not fatalities, but do you really want to go to an overcrowded hospital for COVID-19? (Will be worse when ventilators run out and hospitalization can't help you nearly as much)
      - marknutter 7y ago
        Only 2.8% of all hospitalizations that required an ICU were people under 45 years old, though, and we have no idea what underlying health problems they may have had. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e2.htm
    - gokhan 7y ago
      The second link summarizes how unhealthy are millenials. What will happen when ICU capacity is not enough? There was another study suggesting that being exposed to the virus fast vs slow makes the difference, can't find it now. Crowded hospitals with millenials will surely make a difference for all.

stan_rogers 7y ago

As an "old people", I thank you for your consideration and concern.

arbitrary_name 7y ago
You're welcome. If you live, remember to vote progressively on housing and other things that your generation has a death grip on. If you pass, my condolences: It wasn't personal, merely generational. With some remaining respect, Young People