re: #229 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

That number I just cited for Italy is lower than the flu. Also, they had no deaths of people under 40, and their hospitals were overwhelmed even then.

There has been at least one death under 40 since then - 34 year old in Rome. Where I don’t believe the hospitals have been hit as badly, yet. Not to put too blunt a point on it either, but discussions of triage happening in Italy have very much been a thing, where the guidelines were to prioritize based on age and potential for recovery.

There is also at least suspected death under the age of 40 here in the US already, we just don’t know for sure because haha, testing. There’s plenty of reports out there about some younger cases already presenting in the ICUs here in the states.

Again, statistically folks in their 20s-30s are much less likely to have a moderate or severe case compared to older folks. I’d still rather not be the outlier.