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3. Anecdotal example. Look at total stats from CDC

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 05:18 AM

Aug 2020

Less than 1% of people under age 30 have serious effects remaining after recovery.
I will take chances with coved-19 over small pox, Parkinson's , tb , polio, cancer, yellow fever, Ebola, plague, typhoid, and many other more serious diseases. Small pox at age 8 ruined my digestive system for life.

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Don't just look at covid-19 fatality rates. Look at people who survive -- but don't entirely recover. [View all] SunSeeker Aug 2020 OP

That is true of all serious diseases at140 Aug 2020 #1

I know a girl in her 20's, in England, who had it in April and is still suffering Kablooie Aug 2020 #2

Anecdotal example. Look at total stats from CDC at140 Aug 2020 #3

I don't think we get a Choice, alas. dawg day Aug 2020 #5

K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #4

Did you see this? The truth, for patients & care givers appalachiablue Aug 2020 #6

I'm trying to find the article, but buried within was a statement that after 1918 flu, Hestia Aug 2020 #8

JAMA, Jan. 2009 Excerpt: appalachiablue Aug 2020 #9

If you ever locate that article pls. let me know. Tx. appalachiablue Aug 2020 #10

Also look at the deaths per million of population. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #7