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DrYuya posted...

And the few young people that do die from it? Well it sucks but considering just them we are back to the "is it really that much worse than other seasonal diseases?" argument. Harder to say it is when the old people are factored out since they should be rightfully isolating themselves

Problem is that people with diabetis/high blood pressure/immune deficiencies/asthma etc etc are all at high risk as well whatever the age. Also the initial numbers we got from China were off about young people, and while you have a good chance of living, that is only true IF you can get medical attention and 25% of the people who need medical attention are young. That is still a very large number of people if everyone ends up getttng it.

Still think waves of the young are the best solution. you have less than a 1% chance of dying if a ventilator and hospital bed is available if your under 40. The solution is to isolate all people over 50 AND any with underlying medical conditions, then slowly "release" the young out, about 20% at a time (every 2 weeks) and be done with the young in about a month. By the end of April most of the US would be out and back to work.

It's the only solution that I see working to be honest. The idea of everyone just staying home for months and months just isn't going to work. I'm high risk and will almost certainly die if I get it, but I can't picture staying in here for 6 more months. It's worth the risk just to have some kinda life. I wouldn't choose to go to jail over dying, and I won't choose to self isolate for long periods of time over it either. Gotta have a reason to live man, it's not enough just to survive.

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