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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by neals on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:10PM (#25408056)
One of the issues is that young people also end up on the IC. If you were to just 'let young people' out and about, hospitals would still be overwhelmed.
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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by macspoofing on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:18PM (#25408129)
>One of the issues is that young people also end up on the IC.

The rate is important. If the rate is miniscule, then it may still be an issue, but not an overly important one.

>If you were to just 'let young people' out and about, hospitals would still be overwhelmed.

Are we sure about that? Any numbers you can share?

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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by chiefalchemist on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:22PM (#25408156)
It's important to realize, in today's (Western) world, young is not longer synonymous with healthy. Obesity, diabetes, addiction, vaping, etc. are all close to the broader population.

That said, young + healthy generally mitigates the risk of Covid 19.

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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by rimliu on Sunday December 13, 2020 @08:25PM (#25412370)
Not in the numbers that would cause any additional burden for the system.
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