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Maybe on average, but it sounds like the variance is more extreme. I've heard enough horror stories of 30-somethings with no health problems being on death's door from this thing that I don't want to risk it, when I might for flu season (plus, there's a flu shot). I don't want to stop with the physical distancing until there's an effective anti-viral treatment.


> I've heard enough horror stories of 30-somethings with no health problems being on death's door from this thing that I don't want to risk it

While I don't disagree with that, my biggest question is:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

2.8m people die a year in the US on average. 7.7k/day

what if we heard their stories of going from healthy to death every day in the news?




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