Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO

[beefheart]

Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO - Reuters

Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO

(Reuters) - Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are infected rising three-fold in about five months, the World Health Organization said.


An analysis by the WHO of 6 million infections between Feb. 24 and July 12 found that the share of people aged 15-24 years rose to 15% from 4.5%.

Apart from the United States which leads a global tally with 4.8 million total cases, European countries including Spain, Germany and France, and Asian countries such as Japan, have said that many of the newly infected are young people.

“Younger people tend to be less vigilant about masking and social distancing,” Neysa Ernst, nurse manager at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s biocontainment unit in Baltimore, Maryland told Reuters in an email.

“Travel increases your chances of getting and spreading COVID-19,” she said, adding young people are more likely to go to work in the community, to a beach or the pub, or to buy groceries.

The surge in new cases, a so-called second wave of infections, has prompted some countries to impose new curbs on travel even as companies race to find a vaccine for the fast-spreading virus that has claimed more than 680,000 lives and upended economies.

Even countries such as Vietnam, widely praised for its mitigation efforts since the coronavirus appeared in late January, are battling new clusters of infection.

Among those aged 5-14 years, about 4.6% were infected, up from 0.8%, between Feb. 24 and July 12, the WHO said, at a time when testing has risen and public health experts are concerned that reopening of schools may lead to a surge in cases.

Anthony Fauci, the leading U.S. expert on infectious diseases, urged young people last month to continue to socially distance, wear masks and avoid crowds, and cautioned that asymptomatic people could spread the virus, too.

 

[Captain Adverse]

Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO - Reuters

Once again, CASES are simply those who've tested positive. That does not equate to DEATHES, nor even serious effects.

It seems that the VAST majority of people who test positive have little to no more serious effects than a mild cold, and recover soon after.

People need to stop touting "CASES" as if this should frighten people into equating that into DEATHES.

Once again, focus on those at most risk, and which existing medical issues also place one at risk...and design methods to protect them.

Meanwhile, leave the rest of us to live our lives in peace.

 

[beefheart]

Once again, CASES are simply those who've tested positive. That does not equate to DEATHES, nor even serious effects.

It seems that the VAST majority of people who test positive have little to no more serious effects than a mild cold, and recover soon after.

People need to stop touting "CASES" as if this should frighten people into equating that into DEATHES.

Once again, focus on those at most risk, and which existing medical issues also place one at risk...and design methods to protect them.

Meanwhile, leave the rest of us to live our lives in peace.

Who said they were deaths?

Cases lead to more cases and some of those cases lead to death.

You do know that this is communicable....

 

[Captain Adverse]

Who said they were deaths?

Cases lead to more cases and some of those cases lead to death.

You do know that this is communicable....

And?

The same with the common flu, colds, venereal diseases, etc., etc., etc..

People get it; some get sick, some die, but most shrug it off.

We're all born, experience various spans of life, and eventually die...some sooner...some later.

That's life. Carpe diem. :shrug:

 

[minnie616]

And?

The same with the common flu, colds, venereal diseases, etc., etc., etc..

People get it; some get sick, some die, but most shrug it off.

We're all born, experience various spans of life, and eventually die...some sooner...some later.

That's life. :shrug:

Why do you feel the need to downplay the Covid 19.

This virus unlike the common flu or colds can cause symptoms that lasts weeks or even months to people under 50 years old, even if they were not hospitalized.

From a May 2020 Article:

Kate Porter has had a fever nearly every day for 50 days. She can't shake the extreme exhaustion that hit when she became infected with the coronavirus nearly two months ago.

The longevity of her symptoms are unlike anything she's ever experienced. "I know it sounds crazy," Porter said, "but is this permanent?"

Since her diagnosis, Porter, 35, has been in her Beverly, Massachusetts, home with her 12-year-old daughter, Adria, who also had symptoms of COVID-19.

Neither has underlying health conditions that would suggest a complicated or drawn-out recovery from the virus, and neither has had to be hospitalized.

Read more:


Fever, fatigue, fear: For some recovering COVID-19 patients, weeks of illness, uncertainty

 

[Phys251]

Once again, CASES are simply those who've tested positive. That does not equate to DEATHES, nor even serious effects.

It seems that the VAST majority of people who test positive have little to no more serious effects than a mild cold, and recover soon after.

People need to stop touting "CASES" as if this should frighten people into equating that into DEATHES.

Once again, focus on those at most risk, and which existing medical issues also place one at risk...and design methods to protect them.

Meanwhile, leave the rest of us to live our lives in peace.

At this point, CA, it is impossible to tell whether you keep repeating these disgusting lies in spite of the fact that they help get people killed...or because they help people get killed. With your ilk I can't even tell any more. :shrug:

 

[Helix]

Close the schools.

 

[Casper]

Once again, CASES are simply those who've tested positive. That does not equate to DEATHES, nor even serious effects.

It seems that the VAST majority of people who test positive have little to no more serious effects than a mild cold, and recover soon after.

People need to stop touting "CASES" as if this should frighten people into equating that into DEATHES.

Once again, focus on those at most risk, and which existing medical issues also place one at risk...and design methods to protect them.

Meanwhile, leave the rest of us to live our lives in peace.

Positive means you can transmit it, and they have found that older children can be super spreaders.

I almost feel sorry for you having to defend the ineptitude of this President, but then again I remind myself that that you are gambling with peoples lives and I get angry all over again.

 

[Casper]

Why do you feel the need to downplay the Covid 19.

This virus unlike the common flu or colds can cause symptoms that lasts weeks or even months to people under 50 years old, even if they were not hospitalized.

From a May 2020 Article:



Read more:


Fever, fatigue, fear: For some recovering COVID-19 patients, weeks of illness, uncertainty

He wont listen, there was a time he would, but no longer. It is a shame what has happened to this Nation, normally when presented with a crisis this Nation and its People rose to the occasion and worked together and dealt with it, Together, that is no longer the case. There is only one big difference between then and now, trump, the great divider.

 

[TobyOne]

Gosh, I wonder what the youth were doing in the last few months. Gosh.

 

[Casper]

Gosh, I wonder what the youth were doing in the last few months. Gosh.

Much the same as the "You're Violating my Rights" bunch, except most at least wore masks.

 

[TobyOne]

I bet, right? The media says so.

Much the same as the "You're Violating my Rights" bunch, except most at least wore masks.

 

[Casper]

I bet, right? The media says so.

No, the medical experts say it, and just so ya know, trump is an expert at nothing, especially the corona virus.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Once again, CASES are simply those who've tested positive. That does not equate to DEATHES, nor even serious effects.

It seems that the VAST majority of people who test positive have little to no more serious effects than a mild cold, and recover soon after.

People need to stop touting "CASES" as if this should frighten people into equating that into DEATHES.

Once again, focus on those at most risk, and which existing medical issues also place one at risk...and design methods to protect them.

Meanwhile, leave the rest of us to live our lives in peace.

And then Captain Adverse just told everyone to ignore the basics of epidemiology.

Principles of Epidemiology | Lesson 1 - Section 4

 

[CaughtInThe]

why would Donald Trump care if the dominoes fall and old folks (many Republicans) die?

 

[Captain Adverse]

And then Captain Adverse just told everyone to ignore the basics of epidemiology.

Principles of Epidemiology | Lesson 1 - Section 4

Is that your specialty?

Are you an epidemiologist?

I certainly don't pretend to be one myself. :no:

I am simply a pragmatist.

Deal with it. :coffeepap:

 

[Hamish Howl]

Is that your specialty?

Are you an epidemiologist?

I certainly don't pretend to be one myself. :no:

I am simply a pragmatist.

Deal with it. :coffeepap:

Nope. I make drones.

But a cursory read will tell you that knowing the chain of infection is the most fundamental thing. And so infection rates and trends are in fact important.

 

[Good4Nothin]

Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO - Reuters

The number of cases means nothing. There is a lot more testing now, so cases are being discovered that would have been ignored. Before, only hospitalized patients were counted.

What matters is the death rate.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Among those aged 5-14 years, about 4.6% were infected, up from 0.8%, between Feb. 24 and July 12, the WHO said, at a time when testing has risen and public health experts are concerned that reopening of schools may lead to a surge in cases.

Wow, its amazing how poorly some people write, even when they presumably write for a living.

There are about 1.4 billion people aged 5-14 years, so if 4.6% were infected, that would be many times more than the total number of confirmed infections worldwide.

I assume they meant that, among those infected, 4.6% were aged 5-14 years, but who the hell knows how to make any sense of this.

 

[minnie616]

The number of cases means nothing. There is a lot more testing now, so cases are being discovered that would have been ignored. Before, only hospitalized patients were counted.

What matters is the death rate.

The rate of postive tests per 100k is what matters.

We want those numbers below 10.

Actually less than 3 is recommended for a safe return to face to face school.

For example Michigan has DAILY NEW CASES

7.5
PER
100K
COVID not contained, but at low levels

Florida has

DAILY NEW CASES

36.8
PER
100K
Dangerous number of new cases

From:

Covid Act Now

As that rate goes up , the spread of Covid goes up , and the rate of hospitalizations goes up.

We do not want hospitals and staff to become so overwhelmed they cannot respond to regular ER emergencies like heart attacks, strolkes, and accidents.