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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
However, I thought it irresponsible for the organizations involved to create a narrative that young people would essentially not be affected and old people would almost certainly die from the illness. IMHO it supported an idea among many young people, who already by nature think they are virtually immortal (we all did when we were young), that they don't need to worry about the consequences of catching the virus because it wouldn't affect them, and that old people were going to die anyway, so no need to be concerned.
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I agree completely. Nobody wants this virus and the fatality rates in older people are probably something like 2-20%, which is far from guaranteed death. We're seeing now that infection rates in Canada are low so might be a big mistake to assume everyone will eventually be exposed.
One misconception is that you either die or you are fine after an infection. But it's possible many people will have organ damage that will affect them for years or the rest of their life, and it's possible it will have effects during pregnancy. There are a lot of patients who don't have a clear "death/survival" outcome but rather end up on ventilators for many weeks in a miserable deteriorated state and it's unclear whether medical intervention is helping or simply extending the suffering.
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