08-04-2020, 11:12 AM
I agree about the people contracting the virus will be the younger fitter types. An example from my own household this weekend - my daughter went out on Friday night with her mates to the pub and on Saturday one of them felt ill got tested and was positive (she'd got back from Spain 10 days previously but hadn't been isolating). She found out Sunday morning and let them all know what had happened. Unfortunately my daughter had joined us for a family drink at a pub garden on Saturday afternoon and one of those there was my mother in law who we are protecting as best we can as she has COPD. We're monitoring any developments.
The point is that I'm pretty certain the virus is moving around the younger generation freely but has less impact on them generally than, for instance, the flu. They occasionally get some symptoms that make them ill but very few by the looks of it. It's when it gets into the older population that it is causing any damage. An interesting stat that came out this week, and sorry I can't remember the detail, but there are a very high number of those that have died with this that have had Alzheimers, now that could be to do with the age that they are as much as the condition but it shows there is so much to learn about this.
The point is that I'm pretty certain the virus is moving around the younger generation freely but has less impact on them generally than, for instance, the flu. They occasionally get some symptoms that make them ill but very few by the looks of it. It's when it gets into the older population that it is causing any damage. An interesting stat that came out this week, and sorry I can't remember the detail, but there are a very high number of those that have died with this that have had Alzheimers, now that could be to do with the age that they are as much as the condition but it shows there is so much to learn about this.