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Well couldn’t that be a good thing? If they only have a mild case and recover does that not build herd immunity?"
Of course! Go for it!
Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.The New York Times ^ | March 18, 2020 | Pam Belluck
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825983/posts "But of the 508 patients known to have been hospitalized, 38 percent were notably younger — between 20 and 54. And nearly half of the 121 patients who were admitted to intensive care units were adults under 65, the C.D.C. reported."
CDC analysis shows coronavirus poses serious risk for younger people The Hill ^ | 03 18 2020 | Reid Wilson
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488325-cdc-data-show-coronavirus-poses-serious-risk-for-younger-people "A new CDC analysis of more than 2,400 cases of COVID-19 that have occurred in the United States in the last month shows that between 1 in 7 and 1 in 5 people between the ages of 20 and 44 in the sample of those who are confirmed cases require hospitalization..."
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing whitehouse.gov ^ | March 18, 2020 | President Donald J Trump and others
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3825895/postshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-5/
“DR. BIRX: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Vice President. So, you know, we continue to look at data every single day. There are concerning reports coming out of France and Italy about some young people getting seriously ill, and very seriously ill in the ICUs.
We think part of this may be that people heeded the early data coming out of China and coming out of South Korea that the elderly or those with preexisting medical conditions were at particular risk. It may have been that the millennial generation, our largest generation, our future generation that will carry us through for the next multiple decades, there may be a disproportional number of infections among that group. And so even if it’s a rare occurrence, it may be seen more frequently in that group and be evident now.”
It is good in the sense that they are more likely to survive, by a notable margin. That said, the word that has been put out greatly overemphasizes the difference in effect by age.
The question the press does not seem to ask is how many of these people are hospitalized. The pleas for masks and ventilators implies most have been, but that is not in keeping with the stats that show 90% being mild cases. It would be worthwhile if Cuomo was asked this question.