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There is no need to imagine, we have the forecasts from the Imperial College report: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fe

There is no need to imagine, we have the forecasts from the Imperial College report: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/s... There are 40 million 40-somethings in the USA, you're proposing that 100% of them will have lung damage. Let's imagine that 80% of the population is infected, that 80% of cases are symptomatic, and that 80% of the 4.90% of hospitalised cases (this 4.90 is direct from the report) get damaged lungs. This is one million 40-somethings, not the entire population. 1 million sounds like a lot, but its only 2.5% of the population at that age range, and assume worst-case. You know what causes reduced lung functionality in adults? Asthma, driven by air pollution from vehicles and coal power plants. 7.7% of adults have Asthma. Where is the war-scale drive to eliminate fossil-fueled vehicles and power generation?

bamboozled 7y ago
So true, I can't understand why climate change hasn't been given the same considerations in the past :(
Fjolsvith 7y ago
> Where is the war-scale drive to eliminate fossil-fueled vehicles and power generation? Might as well just shut the economy down to eliminate that.
Fjolsvith 7y ago
> You know what causes reduced lung functionality in adults? Vaping. I see most of the young adults doing this. Its probably why they're having the higher hospitalization rates with coronavirus. They already have lung damage.