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In response to "The people catching/spreading COVID today aren't the most geriatric anymore. They're much younger with less of a need to be hospitalized generally. -- nm" by con_carne

That seems to be the conversation. Which, in the "flattening the curve" conversation, is what was desired.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Jun 25 '20, 09:06

don't increase deaths, don't overload hospitals, and they're going to keep going.

I think if those start to spike, we see more forced containment and quarantines.

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The younger cases may not need much hospitalization but it won't stay contained to them . -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:13 7
- I keep coming back to: We were told and continue to be told it's going to get 60-70 % of us, so what's wrong with the approach where the non-hospitali - JackDawson Jun 25, 09:14 6
  - It is the 'when it jumps, stop' part that i think won't happen. that's why i don't think letting it go is going to work out. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:17 4
    - Right, by the time you notice a jump, I’m thinking it might be too late to stop it in time, due to the amount of lag between exposure and symptoms. - znufrii Jun 25, 09:24 2
      - Has Houston pulled anything back? (I am really asking, I have no idea.) -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:29 1
        
        Doesn't sound like it. Everything that was allowed to reopen in May can still be open. -- (link) - mara Jun 25, 09:35
    - Yeah. It sounds a lot like trying to time the stock market, which is ultimately a disaster in the end. -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 09:18
  - The problem with the last bit is that you can't isolate the elderly. We've proven it everywhere. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:17
You've got some danger areas, though. Lee/Collier County (older populations), for example. - Dark Callisto Jun 25, 09:09

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That seems to be the conversation. Which, in the "flattening the curve" conversation, is what was desired.

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