I was making the point that this disease is an issue for the young and it causes damage to the lungs even in the absence of symptoms. This is a serious disease that needs to be taken seriously.
> I was making the point that this disease is an issue for the young...
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> ... and it causes damage to the lungs even in the absence of symptoms.
The data you provided did not back up your assertion. I have not seen any data the backs up your assertion. If you have some, please do share it.
The data you provided suggested 73% of those folks were asymptomatic when in fact only 18% of them were upon further investigation. That brings into question all of their conclusions. Its interim conclusions suggest that there is a correlation between symptomaticity and severity (I mean, duh) and the articles I provided showed children exhibited milder symptoms.
> This is a serious disease that needs to be taken seriously.
Yes, it is, and it's not equally serious to everyone. It is less serious than the flu for children. This is substantiated fact. We can use this information to our advantage as we determine our next steps.
I am not sure the relevance of flu in children for the problem of COVID-19. The flu rarely causes serious illness in children and thankfully SARS-CoV-2 also rarely causes serious illness in children.
Well, this was all born out of the line in the post saying that young and healthy healthcare workers were dying. The data indicates that occasionally, they have, but overwhelmingly, the data indicates the statement is false. This continued on to an evaluation of "even if they don't die, they may have permanent lung injuries -- even if they show no symptoms" and I responded that I have not seen any data to indicate this is the case. I'm certainly open to it being true (it was for SARS-COV-1) but I have not seen any supporting evidence.
