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It’s interesting compared to some of the initial COVID cases recorded in the US last year, specifically in a nursing home up here in the Seattle area where its
by sharkweek 5y ago
It’s interesting compared to some of the initial COVID cases recorded in the US last year, specifically in a nursing home up here in the Seattle area where its death/hospitalization rate were quite high (iirc it was around 1 in 4 of that initial outbreak in the home ended up dying or something quite terrifying).
I’m worried that the opposite might be true here, young and healthy catching it first so death rate is lower (great!) but lulls everyone into a false sense of security that it won’t be another delta wave especially among elderly and sick but then it slowly creeps into one because of the initial coverage.
Tough balancing act for researchers, trying to prevent both panic and complacency.
- 3np 5y ago> Tough balancing act for researchers, trying to prevent both panic and complacency. It really shouldn't be. Researchers should do their best to publish their finding objectively without consideration for how that will change public opinion. Researchers have a responsibility not to making people feel or behave a certain way but to further our collective knowledge.