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Originally Posted by park123
Sure anyone can catch it. But it seems mild (like a regular flu or maybe a bad case of the flu) for most people.
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It still has a death rate 10 times that of the flu for people under 50. And it might not kill you, or even make you ill, but it could very well kill Granny after you go visit her.
From a piece in the New Yorker:
“... people will continue going to big events and say to themselves that
this virus might only hurt people over the age of eighty,
not me and my family,” Mina said.
“They won’t change their behavior in a way to help slow down this virus.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily...he-coronavirus
If you want to help slow down the virus and prevent it from killing more people, you have to act as if it will kill you. Even if it most likely won't.
It's not just about protecting yourself, or whether you really even need to protect yourself. It's about doing what's needed to slow down the spread of this virus. It's Public Health 101.