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I see it differently. Yes, young people are much less likely to have a serious illness from COVID. But, there are still young people who will die from COVID (

I see it differently. Yes, young people are much less likely to have a serious illness from COVID. But, there are still young people who will die from COVID (the death rate is not zero for 0-18yrs old even without preexisting conditions). For those young people, it is death. To say, "you young person, you'll be fine". Is inaccurate. To say, you will most likely be fine. Yeah, sure that's accurate, but some of those people will actually die. Let's not candy coat that. Death is permanent and awful.

timr 6y ago
"Yes, young people are much less likely to have a serious illness from COVID. But, there are still young people who will die from COVID (the death rate is not zero for 0-18yrs old even without preexisting conditions). For those young people, it is death." You may believe this to be true, but your sense of risk is ridiculously out of proportion to the actual risk involved. In the US, fewer than 300 people under the age of 25 have died from Covid: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm During the same period that those 300 kids died of covid, literally thousands died of all other causes. https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/06/23/coronavirus-covid-deaths-us-age-race-14863 https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/06/23/coronavirus-covid-death... For those young people, of course, death is also death. More young people have died this year from accidents than have died from Covid.
Jommi 6y ago
There are still young people that die from driving a car, or getting pneumonia. I'm not sure what you're trying to say here
- Wasser 6y ago
  If you just sit out a year and be more careful, you just might not die from something we all are aware of? Also isn't also the problem, that people who have light symptoms and are very active are super spreaders?
  - Jommi 6y ago
    Could you rephrase?

timr 6y ago

"Yes, young people are much less likely to have a serious illness from COVID. But, there are still young people who will die from COVID (the death rate is not zero for 0-18yrs old even without preexisting conditions). For those young people, it is death." You may believe this to be true, but your sense of risk is ridiculously out of proportion to the actual risk involved. In the US, fewer than 300 people under the age of 25 have died from Covid: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm During the same period that those 300 kids died of covid, literally thousands died of all other causes. https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/06/23/coronavirus-covid-deaths-us-age-race-14863 https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/06/23/coronavirus-covid-death... For those young people, of course, death is also death. More young people have died this year from accidents than have died from Covid.

Jommi 6y ago

There are still young people that die from driving a car, or getting pneumonia. I'm not sure what you're trying to say here

Wasser 6y ago
If you just sit out a year and be more careful, you just might not die from something we all are aware of? Also isn't also the problem, that people who have light symptoms and are very active are super spreaders?
- Jommi 6y ago
  Could you rephrase?