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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
Folks from all sides misuse the "survival rate." If you take the reported statistics (salt to taste, but it is best we have, and seems to correlate with observation).

For under twenties, "survival" is indeed close to 99.99 if you are infected. By the time you get to age 50 it is down to 99. Above 70 it is down to 90. (all rough numbers).

It does vary with health. Utah over all survival is well over 99% -- healthy Mormons. Some eastern states and other countries it is below 98.

SO you have to look at who you are and where your area is. It ain't the Black Death, but it ain't the sniffles, either.

If I told you that 99 out of 100 people who cross in the middle of the street survive -- you still might consider crossing at a crosswalk.

It should indeed be mostly your choice as to how to approach it, but beating your chest and saying "I am Invincible" isn't the best look.

56 posted on 08/04/2021 1:07:44 PM PDT by BohDaThone ( )
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To: BohDaThone

I don’t disagree with you. I also think we should pay a lot more attention to the effects beyond just “survival”. For example, 5% of people infected wind up in the hospital. That’s no joke and a huge drain on resources normally used for keeping other people alive. 3% wind up in the ICU. And somewhere between 20 - 35% of those infected will suffer linger effects which can be significant and are not confined exclusively to those who are old or ill.

Oonagh Cousins was training for 35 hours a week as a British Olympic team rower. Now can’t train more than 20 minutes at a time at light intensity. Priscilla Loomis is a US Olympic high jumper who missed 8 weeks of training due to chest pains and difficulty breathing. Georgia Wilson is a professional soccer player who caught COVID-19 last year and spent the entire summer so out of breath she couldn’t run across the soccer field anymore. The Big 10 does regular heart monitoring of their athletes and found that 2.3% of the athletes who recovered from COVID-19 had myocarditis.

One thing I do notice is that the people who are dismissive of all this are never people who are dealing directly with lots of sick people.


59 posted on 08/04/2021 1:19:10 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: BohDaThone
Good post. Though if I recall correctly, I don't think the case fatality rate for 70+ was as high as 10% pre-vaccination. Here are the stats in the UK for overall risk, not just case mortality. This of course will vary by region depending on current cases. Chart showing that vaccines have made Covid-19 far less lethal. A fully-vaccinated 80-year-old now has the same mortality risk as an unvaccinated 50-year-old
61 posted on 08/04/2021 1:22:56 PM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncm,.dadfjl,dz )
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