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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be careful what you wish for and especially your kids. There are two brothers, 16 & 14, who are both in the PICU at a local hospital. The 16 year old has no underlying conditions and was the first to get COVID....has been in the hospital for 6 weeks. He has been on a vent for the majority of that time, ECMO ( if you don’t know what that is, look it up- pretty serious stuff and kidney dialysis. At times they weren’t sure he’d make it. They removed the ventilator and now has a trach.

His younger brother does have underlying respiratory issues, he’s still on the vent, ECMO, has a rash all over his body, high fever and still struggling. He’s been in the hospital for a month.

The physicians said they’d both be in the hospital for at least another month, if not longer. Not to mention the long term issues.

The virus is real. I went to high school with someone who died from it. Sure, you could go with the odds of getting as sick as the people mentioned above are slim, but you don’t know where you or your kids fall in those odds. I’m not saying don’t live your life, I’m just saying I’d NEVER wish that my kids would get this. You’re kids could easily be one of the kids above. And remember, one was a healthy 16 year old with no pre-existing conditions.

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This is so sad. Makes me think there must be genetic components to why this affects some people severely and not others. It’s so baffling. Has anyone seen anyone studies on why this virus effects people so vastly differently? [/quote]

I know that people are looking at why Europe and North America have a higher mortality rate than East Asia. Only some hard hit areas of the US and Canada have notably large East Asian-descended populations. Are East Asian Americans and Canadians under-represented? How are Afro-Canadians faring? The First Nations? [/quote]

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