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Giving up our freedoms and way of life for a virus that kills .26% of the people it infects (and 0.05% for ages 0-49.) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco

Giving up our freedoms and way of life for a virus that kills .26% of the people it infects (and 0.05% for ages 0-49.) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena...

Jemm 6y ago
Just curious how you are not concerned about the long term health affects of COVID infection on survivors?
- mrfusion 6y ago
  It's a good question. I guess here's what I'd say. Anywhere from 25 percent to 80 percent of people with COVID-19 have such mild cases that they are unaware they have the virus. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-with-covid19-not-aware-have-virus https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-... And here's a follow up study done on severe patients with actual lung damage that showed the damage healed within 2.5 months: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-27359/v1 https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-27359/v1 Moreover, what we have to know is that organ damage is possible with any disease. People can get rheumatic heart fever from a simple strep infection. Millions of people get strep, yet millions of people don't get rheumatic fever. Organ damage is a possibility, but is a very rare complication. The simple flu you had last winter could have thrown you into the hospital and caused fibrosis, but it didn't. It's a risk with any disease.
  - ta17711771 6y ago
    The simple flu doesn't last 3+ hours in the air, or 72 hours on surfaces....... If we weren't doing all this lockdown nonsense, more than 1000/day would be dead/dying in US. I'm against it, personal freedom perspective, but...the virility of this virus is undeniable.
  - nnoitra 6y ago
    I hope you are right
tomlewek 6y ago
WTF? Almost half a million people are dead. Your freedoms? Wear a mask, wash your hands.
divbzero 6y ago
I don’t see 0.26% on that CDC page. The “best estimate” listed is 0.4% and based on April data.
- mrfusion 6y ago
  They show the CFR which is higher. If you consider their projection that 35% of all infected cases remain asymptomatic, the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) drops to just 0.26 %.

Jemm 6y ago

Just curious how you are not concerned about the long term health affects of COVID infection on survivors?

mrfusion 6y ago
It's a good question. I guess here's what I'd say. Anywhere from 25 percent to 80 percent of people with COVID-19 have such mild cases that they are unaware they have the virus. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-with-covid19-not-aware-have-virus https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-... And here's a follow up study done on severe patients with actual lung damage that showed the damage healed within 2.5 months: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-27359/v1 https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-27359/v1 Moreover, what we have to know is that organ damage is possible with any disease. People can get rheumatic heart fever from a simple strep infection. Millions of people get strep, yet millions of people don't get rheumatic fever. Organ damage is a possibility, but is a very rare complication. The simple flu you had last winter could have thrown you into the hospital and caused fibrosis, but it didn't. It's a risk with any disease.
- ta17711771 6y ago
  The simple flu doesn't last 3+ hours in the air, or 72 hours on surfaces....... If we weren't doing all this lockdown nonsense, more than 1000/day would be dead/dying in US. I'm against it, personal freedom perspective, but...the virility of this virus is undeniable.
- nnoitra 6y ago
  I hope you are right

tomlewek 6y ago

WTF? Almost half a million people are dead. Your freedoms? Wear a mask, wash your hands.

divbzero 6y ago

I don’t see 0.26% on that CDC page. The “best estimate” listed is 0.4% and based on April data.

mrfusion 6y ago
They show the CFR which is higher. If you consider their projection that 35% of all infected cases remain asymptomatic, the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) drops to just 0.26 %.