Here's the latest CDC data.
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What the left is going too say is what about underlying complications that some may end up with?
You mean the potential underlying coditions? That narrative is still fluid. Are you referring to the b.s heart symptoms the B1g was pushing? Or the reports of some rare instances of patients taking 1-3 weeks after symptoms for lung function to return to normal?
The numbers might be off a bit. There were an estimated 64.76 million Americans in the country aged 0-29. From this https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html#demographics the number of deaths in the 0-29 age group is 703. That comes out to .0001085 or .00108%. Interestingly despite that incredibly low percentage, the college age group has the highest percentage of cases. The just don't get sick.
Get a grip folks..
"These statistics on counted deaths suggest that the number of COVID-19 deaths for the week ending April 21 was 9.5-fold to 44.1-fold greater than the peak week of counted influenza deaths during the past 7 influenza seasons in the US, with a 20.5-fold mean increase (95% CI, 16.3-27.7)."
Now, while Covid-19 is proven to be 20+ times the fatality rate of the seasonal flu, I still agree that if entire student populations of universities are going to be back on campus, there are going to be decidedly higher transmissions of this virus in that group of 20,000 - 65,000 students (depending on the University) than in a group of 150 football players.
If the students were going to attend classes virtually, I could see not playing football, but if the country is essentially throwing caution to the wind and bringing students back to campus, it makes no sense not allowing fall sports.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2766121
"These statistics on counted deaths suggest that the number of COVID-19 deaths for the week ending April 21 was 9.5-fold to 44.1-fold greater than the peak week of counted influenza deaths during the past 7 influenza seasons in the US, with a 20.5-fold mean increase (95% CI, 16.3-27.7)."
Now, while Covid-19 is proven to be 20+ times the fatality rate of the seasonal flu, I still agree that if entire student populations of universities are going to be back on campus, there are going to be decidedly higher transmissions of this virus in that group of 20,000 - 65,000 students (depending on the University) than in a group of 150 football players.
If the students were going to attend classes virtually, I could see not playing football, but if the country is essentially throwing caution to the wind and bringing students back to campus, it makes no sense not allowing fall sports.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2766121
Community spread and health care is the biggest issue with covid. Covid is unfortunately the right amount of contagious and harmful to overwhelm any healthcare system, we've seen this is other countries, we've seen this in the US several times now. The death rate is just one factor in this, members of that age group may not die from it, but there are other complications that can happen, and they live in a community with older/more at risk populations. The fan in me wanted to see the huskers play, but we insist on letting the virus stick around instead of using the tools we have (mask/distancing) to get this under control so that we can go about our lives again. When basketball cancelled March madness we didn't care, when baseball was cancelled we didn't care, Olympic trials, who cares, Nebraska football, all of a sudden we are data scientist with expertise in global health
Ha! I forgot that your knowledge level was beyond that of the American Medical Association. You can't help yourself. I think you thrive on embarrassing yourself.
Hmm. That the equivalent of just under three BIG 10 football squads, not bad at all if it's not your team. :Cool:
welcome back! It’s a **** show in every regards- Fauci, the lancet retraction, people not giving a care in the world- even though I disagree with you I feel it’s healthy mentally to hear both sides.
Still waiting for hospital overrun...and the ability to 'control' cold and flu. While we wait for both, let's wreck everything.
Heard from a pharmacist today about the rise in depression meds...even for much older people. The way we are treating them, out of misplaced compassion, IS depressing. Let's suck it up and saddle up already... Saw a tweet from Russell Okung that read: "Flatten the Fear".Amen!
Still waiting for hospital overrun...and the ability to 'control' cold and flu. While we wait for both, let's wreck everything.
Amen!
Hospital overrun has happened?...hence why we shut things down to mitigate? Why is this a fear vs bravery thing with people? Covid numbers have eclipsed flu numbers some time ago with almost half a year to go...this is with people actively trying to not spread it (well, some people). Flu season is coming again, kids are back in school (for now), it's gonna be a messy winter if we just sit here and pretend like this is just a cold we're dealing with. Many other countries have this figured it, we could follow lead and do what works or continue on with this half of the population doing what the science says to do, half actively fighting it, and keep on with this partial shutdown of everything that everyone hates
That's not happening, though. And do you not realize that this has devastated the health systems in many places because they lost all revenue due to the freakout about Covid? Many health care workers were laid off, billions of revenue from "non-essential" surgeries and other care was lost. If anything is clear at this point, our healthcare system is not going to be overrun by this. It boggles the mind that people continue to parade this out.
Good luck with all that.
Our local news is all about the number of local cases!!! Talk to local docs and nurses at the local hospitals and you get a verbal yawn and a 'no biggie'. Loads of room and cases are brief and treatable. But let's still muzzle the kids and teachers at school, just in case. Hope there is collective willpower to stand up to local health departments, very soon.
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Here in Texas the local health officials and county judge delayed school- then the state AG came in and said nope you don’t have the power
Here in Texas the local health officials and county judge delayed school- then the state AG came in and said nope you don’t have the power
you know there is no flu or cold season this year- all illnesses and deaths are Wuhan virus. I know first hand an instance where a death was labeled Wuhan virus when in fact death was heart attack (78 year old). Luckily the family fought the hospital to knock that **** out
Let’s see, if I’m getting paid my full salary and lavish retirement benefits to not work, then.....let’s not work, ok? Sorry, couldn’t resist.
I’m guessing all 703 had pre-existing conditions. A previous poster was right. For whatever reason Covid is less likely to kill someone under 30 than the flu.