@curious2garden , A respected friend stated that only 190 people under 25 years old in the US has died from the virus, and that that mortality rate is lower than the seasonal flu for this demographic. 190 in total. This chart seems to indicate the same -
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
Is this true? If so, it seems the biggest risk of children going back to school is that they could spread it to people over 25. This doesn't sound right...
Good morning Tyler, I think the only way we'll know the truth of this is retrospectively. There has been so much interference I trust nothing. Once the data gathering was taken away from the CDC I lost faith in it's veracity. I've heard rumblings that we are at least a week behind in data etc....
I do know that the younger you are the lower the death rate. I know we've gotten better at treating. Conversely we do not know the full morbidity of this virus. So we may see a decrease in lifespan among the currently youthful cohort. But that is speculation.
Just because you don't die doesn't mean you aren't left with some lifelong consequences. We also know that in the 5 and younger age groups they can have 100x the viral load in the upper respiratory tract. I think opening schools right now with the virus at such a high rate in school community this is an experiment we may live to regret. I hope not.
I've reduced my watching of this slow motion train wreck. I can't bear it. It breaks my heart. History will judge us very harshly and deservedly so in my opinion. I think it's what finally killed my beloved iMac. It couldn't take it so it literally poked its own eyes out (the gpu died).
How are you and your son doing? That's the one bright light in this mess. It seems parents although financially getting hurt are spending more time with their children. Thanks for mentioning me. I dislike browsing the net on my Linux, Windows and phone so until my new system gets here I'm missing a lot and missing you guys a lot!