Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

JRPGfan said:

SvennoJ said:

UK version spreads faster (56-70% or something), but doesnt appear to make you much more sick than the normal strain.
What worries me is the african mutation, that one also seems to spread more, but unlike the UK strain, this one appears to make younger democrafics sick too.

So far, the "upside" of corona was mostly those that got very sick were the elderly.
The fact that the africa mutation, is makeing more younger crowds get really sick as well, is a bad sign.

I mean, young people panic has been a staple of clickbaity news every time there's a new wave of the pandemic somewhere:

https://news.yahoo.com/as-coronavirus-spreads-to-people-under-40-its-making-them-sicker-and-for-longer-than-once-thought-235006459.html

https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2020/07/02/texas-hospital-crowded-coronavirus-marquez-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-04-05/qa-new-york-emergency-room-doctor-says-its-just-getting-worse-and-worse-101539076.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-update-young-people-hospital-luca-lorini-bergamo-a9402531.html

https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-c-est-plus-grave-que-prevu-12-03-2020-8278890.php

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21184291/coronavirus-covid-19-young-people-sick-vulnerable-affected-severe-cases

And look at this, who could have imagined?

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-05/chinese-scientists-say-second-coronavirus-strain-more-dangerous

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/5/6/21248354/coronavirus-covid-19-strain-mutation-wuhan-china

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-06/new-coronavirus-covid19-strain-mutation-hits-vaccine-research/12218834

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1329303/coronavirus-news-mutate-new-strain-asia-infection-disease-second-wave-Indonesia