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I think we should present the facts we have. Your handwaving this away with unfactual info is worse imo. > There are still lots of people under 50 getting it.
by ramblerman 7y ago
I think we should present the facts we have. Your handwaving this away with unfactual info is worse imo.
> There are still lots of people under 50 getting it.
Getting it perhaps, but only 0.8% of deaths in Italy were under 50. [1]
[1] https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-COVID-2019_17_marzo-v2.pdf https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-C...
- Reedx 7y agoExactly. What's up with all this nonsense that we should hide or suppress facts. We can't make intelligent decisions without knowing them.
- joe_the_user 7y agoThe thing is, that is Italy and arguably in the US, there are more people under 50 with serious health problems; diabetes is wide spread as just one example. I believe Italy had a much higher smoking rate someone in their 80s there could have very weak lungs, again the US profile could be different. Headline: "COVID-19: Millennials can and are falling seriously sick from coronavirus, says new data" https://nationalpost.com/news/world/covid-19-millennials-can-and-are-falling-seriously-sick-from-coronavirus-says-new-data https://nationalpost.com/news/world/covid-19-millennials-can...
- lstroud 7y agoYou don’t think a country where people wear masks to cope with the smog might have existing respiratory comorbidities?