John2290 said:
Yes but we don't know enough about the disease, like I said it's a gamble and could pay off but it's still a gamble. Studies keep coming and it gets worse and worse, some recoveries in China are showing 30% less lung capacity and it's not known how widspread that will be. If they have to fight off Ncov-SARS-3, if it mutates, they likely won't make it with ICU or not. Qt the very least you are still comproming the youngs lungs for life. I'm caring for a patient who had mild Pneumonia 18 months back and the damage is there and before all this we were on track for hospital appointments to check a shadow on the lungs which could be cancer from the lasting effects of the pneumonia. The young aren't exempt from this like everyone thinks they are, it isn't that simple. Loads of them are still going to get critical and fight for their lives, maybe loose that battle. |
I think the point, or the gamble, as you will, is that the disease will get almost everyone in due time until transmission rates are brought down to 1:1 levels like the Flu.
Besides, yes, these are the consequences of severe pneumonia for many people. But at the same time, we've hundreds of thousands of young people smoking and vaping to the same effect. And 0.05% to 0.1% in that age bracket are dying yearly regardless, of various causes. So the cost isn't that different from the risks of an average year of life.
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