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

[Anonymous]

My husband is 44 and is Day 52 and STILL hasn’t had a negative Covid test. He was very sick (one ER visit) for 10 days and hasn’t been able to work yet until he gets a negative test.

Why would you want it purposely?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is 44 and is Day 52 and STILL hasn’t had a negative Covid test. He was very sick (one ER visit) for 10 days and hasn’t been able to work yet until he gets a negative test.

Why would you want it purposely?

I’m so sorry about your husband And that is so crazy he is still testing positive. I hope he is feeling better at least.

[Anonymous]

Not worrying does not mean not taking precautions. Take precautions but do not worry.

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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%.

The CDC put out some really bad information, in my opinion. I don’t know where they’re getting it, by I have obsessively researched this since the Wuhan days, and their best guess scenarios make no sense to me. Especially for hospitalizations. I’m using the data I’ve read from all other corners of the universe to base my behaviors. I feel like I’m in the twilight zone.

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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.

So it was the “news panic” that caused bodies to stack up in NYC? Do you think the rest of New Yorkers would have rather not heard about that so they could just go on with their normal activities like a regular flu season?

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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%.

The CDC put out some really bad information, in my opinion. I don’t know where they’re getting it, by I have obsessively researched this since the Wuhan days, and their best guess scenarios make no sense to me. Especially for hospitalizations. I’m using the data I’ve read from all other corners of the universe to base my behaviors. I feel like I’m in the twilight zone.

What are your best guess hospitalization and death rates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is 44 and is Day 52 and STILL hasn’t had a negative Covid test. He was very sick (one ER visit) for 10 days and hasn’t been able to work yet until he gets a negative test.

Why would you want it purposely?

See 05/29/2020 16:15 for the most likely reason.

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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.

One teacher on an anonymous board writes a post which confirms this for you? You don’t seem so bright yourself.

[Anonymous]

No, because:
-we don’t yet know that having it once means you won’t get it again
-the case fatality rate may be %1 or lower so assess that risk for yourself but even if you think %1 risk of death if you get it is low, you really don’t know what the risk of you/your spouse/your kid getting very ill and perhaps being ill for a really long time. Example: I’m 35, normal BMI, no health issues. I got Covid in early March and although my worst symptoms went away after about 3 weeks, I STILL don’t feel very well almost 3 months later. I still occasionally experience shortness of breath, headache, fatigue. Of course that could be some other illness now and no longer covid effects but I have been almost entirely isolated from others since the time I first got sick (wfh, my spouse goes to the grocery store every other week but I don’t go anywhere at all, don’t see anyone outside my immediate family...so I think the chances I’ve come down with other subsequent viruses is very low and this is likely still covid causing these symptoms-that is a LONG time to be sick especially for an otherwise healthy person)
-we don’t yet have any effective therapeutics for it but scientists and doctors are working on developing them all the time so we may get some soon and if you have to get sick, it would be better to get sick once a treatment is developed
-we don’t yet know that if you do get it again, the second bout of covid infection might be even worse. It’s not likely but it’s certainly possible as this is the case for some viruses
-schools will likely be online only in the fall anyway so this whole conversation is basically pointless

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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%.

The CDC put out some really bad information, in my opinion. I don’t know where they’re getting it, by I have obsessively researched this since the Wuhan days, and their best guess scenarios make no sense to me. Especially for hospitalizations. I’m using the data I’ve read from all other corners of the universe to base my behaviors. I feel like I’m in the twilight zone.

Well since I have an underlying condition the argument that it’s only people who have underlying conditions doesn’t really make me feel better. But thanks! And FYI the majority of adult Americans have an underlying condition that is listed as a risk factor.

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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.

So it was the “news panic” that caused bodies to stack up in NYC? Do you think the rest of New Yorkers would have rather not heard about that so they could just go on with their normal activities like a regular flu season?

There were a lot of bodies stack up in NYC before COVID that you've never heard about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it were guaranteed it wouldn’t be serious and guaranteed to never get it again...sure. Unfortunately, I live in the real world and neither of those things are true.

+1

We know so little about how it affects your lungs long term. Not to mention your vasculature or heart.

In Wuhan they diagnosed it by doing a Ct and looking for a glassy appearance in the lungs. Follow up studies show that texture is still there after recovery. Hope you weren’t looking for any division I scholarships or just a normal ability to climb several flights of stairs.

Yes many people don’t get this but many do. In the real world I can’t be sure which type I am.

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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%.

The CDC put out some really bad information, in my opinion. I don’t know where they’re getting it, by I have obsessively researched this since the Wuhan days, and their best guess scenarios make no sense to me. Especially for hospitalizations. I’m using the data I’ve read from all other corners of the universe to base my behaviors. I feel like I’m in the twilight zone.

Well since I have an underlying condition the argument that it’s only people who have underlying conditions doesn’t really make me feel better. But thanks! And FYI the majority of adult Americans have an underlying condition that is listed as a risk factor.

Probably many of the people with underlying conditions who died were in nursing homes and knocking on deaths door.

[Anonymous]

No thank you. Will wait until they figure out the therapeutics piece a little more. Buying time is to everyone’s advantage.

[Anonymous]

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?

"Aren't." And you're a bad one.
Also try proofreading.