(03-12-2020 10:11 AM)ez272 Wrote:  Yes, maybe 80% just get a mild case. That 80% can still infect the 20 percent who fall in the high risk category. Perhaps your elder mom or dad gets covid19 from your mild case and dies? We dont need to panic. But we need to stop and think how what we do affects others.

You right on. The whole reason for containment is to reduce the spread and try to mitigate the health care system from being tapped out. Unlike the seaonal flu at this time there is no vaccine so if you are old or have a compromised immune system the odds are not great for your survival if you contract the virus. You know it's serious when you have super rich folks leaving the country to go to bunkers or secluded places. The irony of this happening now illuminates the current debates about healthcare and average working class families who can't afford to miss work.

(03-12-2020 11:56 AM)LR Alum Wrote:  

(03-12-2020 10:11 AM)ez272 Wrote:  Yes, maybe 80% just get a mild case. That 80% can still infect the 20 percent who fall in the high risk category. Perhaps your elder mom or dad gets covid19 from your mild case and dies? We dont need to panic. But we need to stop and think how what we do affects others.

You right on. The whole reason for containment is to reduce the spread and try to mitigate the health care system from being tapped out. Unlike the seaonal flu at this time there is no vaccine so if you are old or have a compromised immune system the odds are not great for your survival if you contract the virus. You know it's serious when you have super rich folks leaving the country to go to bunkers or secluded places. The irony of this happening now illuminates the current debates about healthcare and average working class families who can't afford to miss work.

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