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?

I don't share this sentiment. I have a lot to live for and I love my kids. YMMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Look, I hope there will be a vaccine. I believe in the future that there will be improved therapeutics and early treatment options/better supply to prevent some of the outcomes we are seeing now. So we're good to wait over here.

This.
We are in no hurry. Scientists and doctors are learning more about this novel virus every week. I would rather postpone exposure as long as possible

I think the polio comparison is a good one btw. Before a vaccine was developed, people did modify their behavior to avoid getting this contagious disease which could bring suffering, life long health problems and death
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/16/162670836/wiping-out-polio-how-the-u-s-snuffed-out-a-killer

And we only isolated children from polio b/c most adults had already been exposed. With COVID, essentially everyone is a child regarding the disease.

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Anonymous wrote:This thing is mainly a concern for old people and fat people. Just go about your life normally OP, and if you get it fine. NBD.

Hey guys glad you found the thread! Got to earn those propo paychecks!

Nope. Just the truth. Let me guess: you’re old and/or fat?

Nope, but I love how you have just given up being persuasive and are just trying to bully people.

Do you get paid per post?

Anonymous wrote:Look, I hope there will be a vaccine. I believe in the future that there will be improved therapeutics and early treatment options/better supply to prevent some of the outcomes we are seeing now. So we're good to wait over here.

This.
We are in no hurry. Scientists and doctors are learning more about this novel virus every week. I would rather postpone exposure as long as possible

I think the polio comparison is a good one btw. Before a vaccine was developed, people did modify their behavior to avoid getting this contagious disease which could bring suffering, life long health problems and death
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/16/162670836/wiping-out-polio-how-the-u-s-snuffed-out-a-killer

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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?

Would you say the same about Polio?

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Paralysis only occurs in polio 0.5%-1% of the time, and fewer than 10% of those cases die, so that’s only 0.05-0.1% of cases. Most people are asymptomatic or only have a very mild illness. I guess polio is NBD too.

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?

1) Your presumption that you and your family are likely to get it when things are opened up again is probably correct.
2) Your presumption that getting it in the summer will prevent your work or your children's education from being disrupted is probably incorrect. Many people fully expect school to be disrupted for much of next academic year in this area. Maybe if you are not in this area, your situation is different, but as far as I'm aware, school districts in DMV are planning for disruptions, distance learning, etc. next fall and winter.

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Anonymous wrote:Sure, as long as you are okay with disability or death that might have been prevented by new medicines, treatments, or vaccines.

We are all healthy and DH and I are under 50, so yes I am comfortable with the less than 1% chance of that happening to us.

Nick Cordero the Broadway actor is also under 50 and was in excellent health....till Covid. He’s been in the hospital for weeks and weeks, oh and his leg was amputated.

This story has been really sad, and I so hope he recovers. I imagine this is still quite rare though. And although he does “look” healthy and he’s 41, we don’t fully know his health background. Many people in this country (like 80%) have metabolic issues and that doesn’t mean they all are obese.

My MD said all viruses have the potential to cause rare strange issues in otherwise healthy people, it’s just this part has been really publicized by the media. I do think it’s rare.

A couple years ago it took me two months to get over a respiratory pneumonia, and I’m super healthy and active. I was on an inhaler for months. I found my way back to total health again, so my hope is that people that still have lingering effects (like Chris Cuomo) will find their balanced healthy again.

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

Well if there isn't immunity, there will not be a vaccine. Only thing to do at that point is treat the symptoms.

So if you believe that, you might as well accept the reality that we should open up completely since there is nothing to do.

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.

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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?

+ People are not recovering without damage to internal organs. I don't want anyone to get it.

Now you’re just making sh!t up.

NP - try to keep up. This is why the focus on mortality rates alone is simplistic and wrong. There are too many unknowns with this virus to gamble with your health and the health of your family.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-10/coronavirus-infection-can-do-lasting-damage-to-the-heart-liver%3f_amp=true

How on earth does that article say 'people are not recovering without damage to internal organs!??! Answer: it doesn't, not even close. Stop fear mongering.

+1

And the PP even threw in a “try to keep up”, which makes her/him look even more like an idiot.

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

Yeah, the disinformation campaign making us think COVID is NBD is working! Good job Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

Look at the immediate post following mine, “old and fat”, “NBD” — I have the propaganda guys pegged.

But those are the two biggest risk factors. Not propaganda to state the truth.

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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?

+ People are not recovering without damage to internal organs. I don't want anyone to get it.

Now you’re just making sh!t up.

NP - try to keep up. This is why the focus on mortality rates alone is simplistic and wrong. There are too many unknowns with this virus to gamble with your health and the health of your family.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-10/coronavirus-infection-can-do-lasting-damage-to-the-heart-liver%3f_amp=true

How on earth does that article say 'people are not recovering without damage to internal organs!??! Answer: it doesn't, not even close. Stop fear mongering.

Read the article - in the context of liver damage, it states “In those who survived mild and severe disease alike, the researchers found that many of the biological measures had “failed to return to normal.” This is a sign of organ damage, perhaps permanent, perhaps not, the liver is a resilient organ. No one knows right now and no one has a good way of predicting who will suffer and who won’t. Your risk, your life - it’s really nothing to anyone other than yourself - but take your risks with full information.

Also from the article:
There are no long-term survivors of this wholly new disease: Even its first victims in China are little more than three months removed from their ordeal.

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Anonymous wrote:This thing is mainly a concern for old people and fat people. Just go about your life normally OP, and if you get it fine. NBD.

Hey guys glad you found the thread! Got to earn those propo paychecks!

Nope. Just the truth. Let me guess: you’re old and/or fat?

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

Yeah, the disinformation campaign making us think COVID is NBD is working! Good job Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

Look at the immediate post following mine, “old and fat”, “NBD” — I have the propaganda guys pegged.

Will i try to get it, no. Am I scared to get it, no. Have I left the house, yes multiple times. I find it in the back of my mid less and less