Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by lbeltrame on Sunday May 24, 2020 @06:31AM
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> Young people in their 20's and 30's are dying too, just at a lower percentage.
Far lower. It may be still undesirable, but if we want to talk about risk, there is no absence of risk for anyone, yet the risk changes a lot depending on age and comorbidities. This matters if one wants to take the risk or not, given that it will never be zero.
> Many young people who survive COVID-19 end up with permanent lung damage and other on-going issues.
Some of these issues apply to any type of pneumonia. It takes a year or so to fully recover if you had a bad one. And to evaluate "permanent" damage, we need more time. It would be better to say "we don't know yet if the damage is permanent or not".
Young people in their 20's and 30's are dying too, just at a lower percentage.
Many young people who survive COVID-19 end up with permanent lung damage and other on-going issues.
A New York Times staffer who's 33-years old ran 3 miles and walked 10 more the day before she came down with COVID-19 on April 17.
And now this: "I am one of the lucky ones. I never needed a ventilator. I survived. But 27 days later, I still have lingering pneumonia. I use two inhalers, twice a day. I can’t walk more than a few blocks without stopping."—https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/opinion/coronavirus-young...