Coronavirus
Coronavirus
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- monospaced1
Ugh. The center diagnosing and treating cases in nyc is a small handful of blocks from me. My 2 year old has a fever and chest congestion.
- Stay safe!
BTW, the virus hasn't been reported to be attacking kids, so that's comforting for mow.Krassy - There's a 9 year old in France.deadsperm
- It can literally infect anyone. Age isn’t a variable, except that young bodies fight better and tend it to die over it.monospaced
- It “attacks” people with respiratory issues. It kills smokers. It kills people who are weak and frail.monospaced
- That's not true in the north of France 2 kids are infectedi_was
- The stats suggests the susceptibility in children under 9 is minimal, and the mortality rate of that demographic is currently zero.garbage
- misspoke ; meant that kids/younger people with stronger immune system recoverKrassy
- So no reason to freak out, but also no reason to not take precautions.garbage
- Not all of the people are weak, frail and smokers that are dying from it.utopian
- I hope that your son is okay!utopian
- yes, of course better exercise extra caution!Krassy
- Young people survive as their immune systems have less of a reaction. Older people have had more exposure to various viruses, it’s their own immune system...shapesalad
- ... over reacting and making things worse and leading to death. It’s also why a secondary infection is a killer.shapesalad
- Stay safe!