I hope my kids and I get Covid this summer so we can be done with it before fall. Anyone else?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't "hope" to get it, but I also am no longer worried about it.

Same here- I'm being careful - wearing a mask in public indoor spaces, clean my hands all the time, avoiding busy areas, but I'm starting to get out a bit more. I'll try to avoid getting CV but will start doing some of my typical activities.

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Anonymous wrote:No, and here's why:

--The 1-3% chance of death.
--The high chance the suffering (feeling like you can't breath and taking months to recover).
--The moderate (1/8) chance of hospitalization. I don't want to put myself, my family, or even my coworkers though that. Plus it's $$$.
--The almost certain chance that I will spread it to someone, and that will lead to the death and suffering of many more people and their families.

You're basically lighting a match and walking away by not making your best effort to contain this thing. What your "best effort" is not going to be the same for everyone. But it's certainly not hoping you get it.

Citation?

Don'y you guys read the news? https://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-coronavirus-hospitalizations-approach-30-here-are-the-latest-covid-19-data-51586175360

It's May 29 and you're citing an article from April 6?

Because I don't feel like sitting here writing a research paper for you. Just Google it. There are literally thousands of articles citing these statistics. Look up your age. And figure it out. I'm 45.

CDC's "Best guess" scenario for age 0-49 symptomatic cases is 1.7% with a range from 1.3%-2.6%. That's a serious level of risk for hospitalization, but not anywhere near 12.5% (1 in 8).

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

How does that number square with the .07% number cited directly above. This number is 20+ times greater and it's for a lower age group than the overall number. Sure, asymptomatic cases would lower the hospitalization rate, but not by that much....

I think the .07% is based on the number of hospitalizations in the whole US population (infection status irrelevant). 1.7% is the estimate of people with symptomatic infections.

And the CDC has yet again given red meat to the "Covid truthers" who don't understand what that actually means. (Hint - that does NOT mean someone only has a .07% chance of being hospitalized if they have Covid)

[Anonymous]

I am A-OK with people and their kids getting it because they are not taking precautions not to get it.

Please go ahead. Please get it. I am so curious as to how that ends.

In the name of the unholy tweeter...kindly do so!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m under the viewpoint that most people who aren’t largely sheltering in place will eventually get Covid. So u dear the assumption that we will eventually get it, I would prefer for that to happen during the summer so that their education and my job (I’m a teacher) isn’t disrupted during the school year. Does anyone else share this sentiment?

Great plan!

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Anonymous wrote:No, and here's why:

--The 1-3% chance of death.
--The high chance the suffering (feeling like you can't breath and taking months to recover).
--The moderate (1/8) chance of hospitalization. I don't want to put myself, my family, or even my coworkers though that. Plus it's $$$.
--The almost certain chance that I will spread it to someone, and that will lead to the death and suffering of many more people and their families.

You're basically lighting a match and walking away by not making your best effort to contain this thing. What your "best effort" is not going to be the same for everyone. But it's certainly not hoping you get it.

Citation?

Don'y you guys read the news? https://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-coronavirus-hospitalizations-approach-30-here-are-the-latest-covid-19-data-51586175360

It's May 29 and you're citing an article from April 6?

Because I don't feel like sitting here writing a research paper for you. Just Google it. There are literally thousands of articles citing these statistics. Look up your age. And figure it out. I'm 45.

CDC's "Best guess" scenario for age 0-49 symptomatic cases is 1.7% with a range from 1.3%-2.6%. That's a serious level of risk for hospitalization, but not anywhere near 12.5% (1 in 8).

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

How does that number square with the .07% number cited directly above. This number is 20+ times greater and it's for a lower age group than the overall number. Sure, asymptomatic cases would lower the hospitalization rate, but not by that much....

I think the .07% is based on the number of hospitalizations in the whole US population (infection status irrelevant). 1.7% is the estimate of people with symptomatic infections.

And the CDC has yet again given red meat to the "Covid truthers" who don't understand what that actually means. (Hint - that does NOT mean someone only has a .07% chance of being hospitalized if they have Covid)

This is what the CDC posted:
Hospitalizations
Cumulative COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates since March 1, 2020, are updated weekly. The overall cumulative COVID-19 hospitalization rate is 73.3 per 100,000, with the highest rates in people aged 65 years and older (229.7 per 100,000) and 50-64 years (113.4 per 100,000).

There is nothing misleading or incorrect about that. If people choose to misinterpret that information, that’s on them.

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Anonymous wrote:No, and here's why:

--The 1-3% chance of death.
--The high chance the suffering (feeling like you can't breath and taking months to recover).
--The moderate (1/8) chance of hospitalization. I don't want to put myself, my family, or even my coworkers though that. Plus it's $$$.
--The almost certain chance that I will spread it to someone, and that will lead to the death and suffering of many more people and their families.

You're basically lighting a match and walking away by not making your best effort to contain this thing. What your "best effort" is not going to be the same for everyone. But it's certainly not hoping you get it.

Citation?

Don'y you guys read the news? https://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-coronavirus-hospitalizations-approach-30-here-are-the-latest-covid-19-data-51586175360

It's May 29 and you're citing an article from April 6?

Because I don't feel like sitting here writing a research paper for you. Just Google it. There are literally thousands of articles citing these statistics. Look up your age. And figure it out. I'm 45.

CDC's "Best guess" scenario for age 0-49 symptomatic cases is 1.7% with a range from 1.3%-2.6%. That's a serious level of risk for hospitalization, but not anywhere near 12.5% (1 in 8).

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

Yeah but you also need to factor in that among those 1.7%, the vast majority have preexisting medical conditions. The last figure I saw cited for this was around 90%. So if you're not obese and have no health problems, your risk of being hospitalized is actually much lower than 1.7%.

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Anonymous wrote:No, and here's why:

--The 1-3% chance of death.
--The high chance the suffering (feeling like you can't breath and taking months to recover).
--The moderate (1/8) chance of hospitalization. I don't want to put myself, my family, or even my coworkers though that. Plus it's $$$.
--The almost certain chance that I will spread it to someone, and that will lead to the death and suffering of many more people and their families.

You're basically lighting a match and walking away by not making your best effort to contain this thing. What your "best effort" is not going to be the same for everyone. But it's certainly not hoping you get it.

Citation?

Don'y you guys read the news? https://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-coronavirus-hospitalizations-approach-30-here-are-the-latest-covid-19-data-51586175360

It's May 29 and you're citing an article from April 6?

Because I don't feel like sitting here writing a research paper for you. Just Google it. There are literally thousands of articles citing these statistics. Look up your age. And figure it out. I'm 45.

CDC's "Best guess" scenario for age 0-49 symptomatic cases is 1.7% with a range from 1.3%-2.6%. That's a serious level of risk for hospitalization, but not anywhere near 12.5% (1 in 8).

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

Yeah but you also need to factor in that among those 1.7%, the vast majority have preexisting medical conditions. The last figure I saw cited for this was around 90%. So if you're not obese and have no health problems, your risk of being hospitalized is actually much lower than 1.7%.

That's great, except half of the population is either obese and/or has health problems.

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Anonymous wrote:No, and here's why:

--The 1-3% chance of death.
--The high chance the suffering (feeling like you can't breath and taking months to recover).
--The moderate (1/8) chance of hospitalization. I don't want to put myself, my family, or even my coworkers though that. Plus it's $$$.
--The almost certain chance that I will spread it to someone, and that will lead to the death and suffering of many more people and their families.

You're basically lighting a match and walking away by not making your best effort to contain this thing. What your "best effort" is not going to be the same for everyone. But it's certainly not hoping you get it.

Citation?

Don'y you guys read the news? https://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-coronavirus-hospitalizations-approach-30-here-are-the-latest-covid-19-data-51586175360

It's May 29 and you're citing an article from April 6?

Because I don't feel like sitting here writing a research paper for you. Just Google it. There are literally thousands of articles citing these statistics. Look up your age. And figure it out. I'm 45.

CDC's "Best guess" scenario for age 0-49 symptomatic cases is 1.7% with a range from 1.3%-2.6%. That's a serious level of risk for hospitalization, but not anywhere near 12.5% (1 in 8).

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

How does that number square with the .07% number cited directly above. This number is 20+ times greater and it's for a lower age group than the overall number. Sure, asymptomatic cases would lower the hospitalization rate, but not by that much....

I think the .07% is based on the number of hospitalizations in the whole US population (infection status irrelevant). 1.7% is the estimate of people with symptomatic infections.

And the CDC has yet again given red meat to the "Covid truthers" who don't understand what that actually means. (Hint - that does NOT mean someone only has a .07% chance of being hospitalized if they have Covid)

This is what the CDC posted:
Hospitalizations
Cumulative COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates since March 1, 2020, are updated weekly. The overall cumulative COVID-19 hospitalization rate is 73.3 per 100,000, with the highest rates in people aged 65 years and older (229.7 per 100,000) and 50-64 years (113.4 per 100,000).

There is nothing misleading or incorrect about that. If people choose to misinterpret that information, that’s on them.

Arguably, it's kind of a useless statistic though.

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my grandfather in law is in his mid 80's terrible health, dementia, can barely walk. they tested his whole nursing home and he tested positive. NO SYMPTOMS! Nothing. he's still his normal semi-vegetative self.
I suspect because they've been strict about mask wearing at his home, he got a very small viral load. Something to think about! Masks "work"!

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Anonymous wrote:my grandfather in law is in his mid 80's terrible health, dementia, can barely walk. they tested his whole nursing home and he tested positive. NO SYMPTOMS! Nothing. he's still his normal semi-vegetative self.
I suspect because they've been strict about mask wearing at his home, he got a very small viral load. Something to think about! Masks "work"!

So should OP have your grampa breathe on her and her kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, nope. nope. I don't want my children to catch it and run the risk of MISC nor do I want to run the risk of dying unnecessarily. The longer we wait, the more information we have about treating it and perhaps recovering more quickly without long lasting effects - not to mention a vaccine. This is not chickenpox or the flu. There is a very real possibility that you do not recover fully from it and or you could cause someone else to die while you are blissfully unaware of symptoms. Your children could also be blissfully unaware and then several weeks later come down with a fever and be admitted to ICU with MISC - nope. nope. nope.

“Nope nope nope”

The next time there is a thread on “annoying overused phrases” this is going on it.

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Anonymous wrote:my grandfather in law is in his mid 80's terrible health, dementia, can barely walk. they tested his whole nursing home and he tested positive. NO SYMPTOMS! Nothing. he's still his normal semi-vegetative self.
I suspect because they've been strict about mask wearing at his home, he got a very small viral load. Something to think about! Masks "work"!

So should OP have your grampa breathe on her and her kids?

(while wearing a mask of course)

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Anonymous wrote:Nope.

You are wishing risk to take on to your family OP.

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Anonymous wrote:my grandfather in law is in his mid 80's terrible health, dementia, can barely walk. they tested his whole nursing home and he tested positive. NO SYMPTOMS! Nothing. he's still his normal semi-vegetative self.
I suspect because they've been strict about mask wearing at his home, he got a very small viral load. Something to think about! Masks "work"!

I feel like if there were no news panic about COVID, we would just continues with our normal lives and treat it as seasonal cold virus or flu. I am sure a lot of the people who are so afraid to get it already had it and didn't even noticed.

To answer OP question, I am not purposely seeking it, but I am not avoiding it. I am taking regular precautions like during the flu season, but not much more (and no, we dont' wear masks). If I get it now, it would be great. I will develop immunity while I am younger and healthier.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m under the viewpoint that most people who aren’t largely sheltering in place will eventually get Covid. So u dear the assumption that we will eventually get it, I would prefer for that to happen during the summer so that their education and my job (I’m a teacher) isn’t disrupted during the school year. Does anyone else share this sentiment?

This certainly confirms my suspicion that a frighening majority of my kids' teachers are really dumb as hell.