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RE: OT- Corona Virus- Where do we go from here?
(08-19-2020 08:29 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  
(08-19-2020 08:24 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  Huh? We know that assumption is wrong regardless. 90%+ of the people anywhere you go are likely not infected at all. Some might be asymptomatic with a slighter chance of being infectious and some could be presymptomatic super spreaders. We don't know who's who though so we assume everyone has it and is capable of spreading it.

You said exactly what I was trying to say. We are destroying livelihoods because we are assuming everyone is a presymptomatic super spreader. That just seems crazy to me, given the likelihood that well over 90% of us are not.

Here's a thought exercise: The healthier you are, the less likely you are to experience symptoms, even if you have it. Asymptomatic people are much less likely to be spreaders. So, rather than telling everyone to live by restrictions (masks, no restaurants, whatever), why don't we just put those rules into place for those most likely to be spreaders? Basically, if you are unhealthy, you live by these rules. If you are healthy, you live your life normally, until you actually get sick.

Wait what? I don't think that's true. You can be an olympic athlete and just as likely to experience symptoms as a 300 lb person. You're much less likely to survive or be hospitalized if you're unhealthy obviously. But I don't know if there's much rhyme or reason to having symptoms, maybe age. Even a case of the sniffles would be considered symptomatic.
08-19-2020 08:56 AM
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