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"Hospitalization for COVID is, unfortunately, quite common." Not in the demographic followed in this study. Amongst healthy 19-year-olds the flu represents ab
by timr 6y ago
"Hospitalization for COVID is, unfortunately, quite common."
Not in the demographic followed in this study. Amongst healthy 19-year-olds the flu represents about the same threat of both hospitalization and death, and flu is possibly a little bit worse than Covid:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena...
https://www.lung.org/getmedia/98f088b5-3fd7-4c43-a490-ba8f4747bd4d/pi-trend-report.pdf.pdf https://www.lung.org/getmedia/98f088b5-3fd7-4c43-a490-ba8f47...
- mattigames 6y agoYeah, is unfortunate the world is not made of healthy 19 year olds otherwise this would be a significant discovery.
- mlyle 6y agoIf we're concerned about the risk of COVID-19 to cause morbidity in youth, like these reports indicate could be a problem, it's reasonable to compare the frequency to other risks out there that we accept-- will it cause more morbidity in this population than a typical flu year? Less? About the same? It's a reasonable yardstick to use.
- xorfish 6y agoI don't see how the provided links support your statements.