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Covid vs. 1918 Influenza Pandemics.

code1211 said:
I heard one media expert state that here was not a single documented case of an adult catching the virus from a child.

Do you have a documented example of an adult catching Covid from a child.
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New Evidence Suggests Young Children Spread Covid-19 More Efficiently Than Adults
The authors conclude it is likely that young children, while not as prone to suffering from Covid-19 infection, still drive its spread—just as they do with several other respiratory diseases.
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year2late said:
We are just getting started. We cannot even come together and have people agree to wear a mask, hand hygiene, social distance and crowd avoidance for a month or so to knock down the numbers so testing turnaround times could be shorter and tracking and tracing could be very quick and mean something. Stop hot spots before they start.

Labor day idiocy will be rampant.
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Hi!

Thanks for taking time to post.

I'm not sure how to go about weighting the level of communication and what was communicated in 1918 vs. 2020. We now have all manner of internet interaction and information. Some of that information, though, is just plain wrong. Some of it is also devoted to the rights of the individual vs. the good of society dichotomy. I'm not sure how much of that went on in 1918.

Regards, stay safe 'n well. Remember the Big 3: masks, hand washing and physical distancing.
 
Luther said:
The Spanish flu was way......... more devastating when you calculate the population back then

The pop of the U.S. was only 103 million back then
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Way more devastating even in the time when there was no international air travel. It is far different today and Covid-19 is exponentially more virulent. Just wait; you ain't seen nothing yet just so long as idiot politicians continue using a deadly pandemic as a political tennis match, instead of working together as we did in Europe.

Compare the flu pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 with caution – the past is not a prediction
 
CaughtInThe said:
COVID Pandemic Timeline (so far in US)...

Started: March 2020
Still Going: August 1920



so, pandemic in...

1918: Lasted 2 years
2020: Lasted 0.5 years (so far)
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Wasn't there waves of the Spanish Flu?



Don't forget the population of the U.S. was only 1/3 of what it is today
 
year2late said:
Yes all the protesters need to follow the rules. As do Trump rally attendees and people at folks at Sturgis .

We all do. What is your point?
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Yes all the protesters need to follow the rules.
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And they did a good job of that while looting(LOL)


 
CaughtInThe said:
well, to be fair, we have no idea what the long term affects will be for those who get this virus that damages internal organs. it could be that 25% of the kids need lung transplants at age 50. or 10%. or could be they die earlier.

we just don't know but one would think that with a virus that can be this deadly and destructive that sometime negative awaits at least some of those kids.
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Lets not get too ahead of ourselves
 
CaughtInThe said:
well, to be fair, we have no idea what the long term affects will be for those who get this virus that damages internal organs. it could be that 25% of the kids need lung transplants at age 50. or 10%. or could be they die earlier.

we just don't know but one would think that with a virus that can be this deadly and destructive that sometime negative awaits at least some of those kids.
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well, to be fair, we have no idea what the long term affects will be for those who get this virus that damages internal organs.
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To be MORE fair, most kids don't even show any symptoms

*sigh*
 
vegas giants said:
It seems you can be. Show me the experts saying children are immune
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Is that what you REALLY think I have said?

Is there a stupid juice that Democrat-Socialists drink?
 
code1211 said:
Is that what you REALLY think I have said?

Is there a stupid juice that Democrat-Socialists drink?
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Is every post you make going to be stupider than the last? Lol
 
Casper said:
The one that fits.
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Gaius46 said:
No I don’t. This isn’t my area of expertise ( dammit Jim I’m an engineer not a doctor - if you’re a Startrek fan) but my first thought would be to wonder why kids might not transmit the disease to adults - maybe lower lung capacity?
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Love the Star Trek reference! Over the years, "Bones" compared his assignment to almost every other occupation on whatever planet they were on.

I looked for one and I can't find one. I'm hoping somebody here is better at this than I am.

It seems illogical (either a Spock or Sheldon reference) that the virus would not jump from small children to adults. Maybe a smart Virus?

Why trade in this year's ride for an antique with 250,000 miles and a bad suspension that needs a new paint job? ;)
 
Luther said:
Wasn't there waves of the Spanish Flu?
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if you're asking people got complacent and went back to school/work only to have it kick their ass again, then the answer is yes.
 
Luther said:
To be MORE fair, most kids don't even show any symptoms

*sigh*
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you have no idea what the long term affects will be for those kids. no one does.


so, while it's actually killing older folks (and some younger folks), you just wanna blow off what the long term affects might be on kids so you can get people back to work so your favorite politician can win one election.


that's really who you are. it's not like your intentions (while sane people are trying to save lives during a pandemic) are invisible.
 
Luther said:
The Spanish flu was way......... more devastating when you calculate the population back then

The pop of the U.S. was only 103 million back then
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The Spanish flu infected one third of the world population and killed 10% of those it infected. As bad as it was, that means that 2/3rds of the population did NOT get it and 90% survived it, even with the poor health care we had in 1918.

How much different is it really than what we see today with COVID? The majority of the people do NOT get it and less than 1% of those who do die from it.
 
CaughtInThe said:
if you're asking people got complacent and went back to school/work only to have it kick their ass again, then the answer is yes.
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Well with covid, the majority who get it show NO symptoms at all
 
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