Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
by jacquesm on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @06:36PM
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Young children are surprisingly resilient against Coronavirus infections, their mortality is so low that it hardly figures in the stats (on an individual level it is still just as much a tragedy).
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
by cjamesd on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @09:49PM
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As the father of a newborn, grateful to hear this. Do you have a source?
Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
by rediguanayum on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:05AM
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I have kids too and wondered about this. Chinese CDC epidemiology study indicates that kids seemed to be spared from Covid-19 (See table 1)
http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9...
Age is very significant for mortality rate: 0-9: 0%, ..., 60-69: 3.6%, 70-79: 8.0%, 80+: 14.8%. Also the regional breakdown is apparently a useful approximation of what happens when the healthcare system is overwhelmed (Hubei 2.9%) vs not (other Chinese provinces 0.4%). Also 81% patients reported mild symptoms.