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

[Anonymous]

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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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jesus you’re an idiot.

He may be an idiot but i bet you can't walk on water.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They have not proven immunity after recovering. Why would you want to go through this if it doesn't prevent future infection?

Why do people keep saying this? (I’m not a Trumpie). But most scientists and researchers believe people have some level immunity. They just aren’t sure how long it lasts, ie. 1-2 years or lifetime (not likely)

If it doesn't offer immunity, then no sense waiting for a vaccine, since that is what they are predicated on.

Good point

are you dumb or trolling

I hope this is coming from a disinformation farm and not dumbasses, please tell me people aren't this dumb

vaccines have immunization schedules

some you have to get 2-3-4 doses of a vaccine before you are fully immunized. Some you have to get every year. Some you have to get a booster every 5-10 years.

doesn't mean "vaccines don't work," it means we have to figure out:

a) what level of antibodies confers immunity
b) how fast people lose antibodies
c) what level of infection creates an antibody response

etc etc so they can figure out a vaccination schedule when they have a vaccine developed.

This also means we're looking at many, many years before everyone can be fully vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doctors and nurses I know are in no hurry to get themselves or their kids infected. The virus is too new and too much is unknown.

Exactly. I would rather wait till we have more proven treatments that reduce mortality and lower the risk of long-term effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Yes, I READ it. Did you?

More than 70% of infections didn’t involve hospitalization. Still, 30% hospitalization is greater than the 10% rate derived by taking the Covid Tracking project hospitalization number and dividing it by the number of confirmed coronavirus infections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

This is really out of date. Data from 7Kbstudy completed the end of March. I’d be very curious on these figures 2 months later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have not proven immunity after recovering. Why would you want to go through this if it doesn't prevent future infection?

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am being careful and am social distancing, but yes, I wish I could just get it and get it over with. I know one person who has passed, he was elderly and already ill. All the people my age I've known who have gotten it have been miserable, but gotten through okay (one was in the hospital for two weeks and is still feeling poorly months out. I get that I could be in that smaller group that really suffers or dies, but I really would rather get it over with.

One issue that we don't know that if you get it, you just "get it over with." Some diseases have serious effects later, like post-polio syndrome. Or it could be something like dengue, where having it once means that the second time you get it, it is substantially worse.

Yeah, my one friend I described above is still really suffering after 10 weeks of recovery. I didn't mean get it over with as in "I'll get it and then be fine" but like "let whatever is going to happen happen now because I don't want to be waiting for the other shoe to drop." I get that it isn't rational, but that's how I feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

From the CDC's website today: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html

Hospitalizations
Cumulative COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates since March 1, 2020, are updated weekly. The overall cumulative hospitalization rate is 67.9 per 100,000, with the highest rates in people aged 65 years and older (214.4 per 100,000) and 50-64 years (105.9 per 100,000).

Overall hospitalization rate is .07%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

[Anonymous]

We may all get it eventually. I'd much RATHER get it after doctors and scientists have a had a year to watch and learn about treatments, and long term health effects and ways those may be prevented.

2020 will be the deadliest and worst year to contract it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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....

[Anonymous]

Agree. I don't understand how this prolonged hiding makes any difference. It's still going to be around when we come back out of our holes in six months.