We have to get comfortable with fully vaccinated folks testing positive,' doctor says

[WinnisquamZ]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Is there something that stops ''old'' people from getting their vaccination and booster shots? Wearing a mask when in a public place? Not going to a public place unless necessary? Not spending time in large crowds?

Define old?


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[John Mercier]

I didn't try to define it. The question posed was what if children were suffering and dying instead of ''old'' people would we consider/behave differently to the covid situation?

[ITD]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

I didn't try to define it. The question posed was what if children were suffering and dying instead of ''old'' people would we consider/behave differently to the covid situation?

According to Sununu there are all age ranges represented except maybe the very youngest. He said this is no longer just an "old" people problem, at least considering the worst of the worst cases. The delta variant is much less discriminating.

[John Mercier]

The question came from NPR.
I believe their question was more focused on the perception of the virus being something that hospitalized and killed old people.

They wondered if it had hospitalized and killed children would we react differently under that perception... I believe the answer to be yes. But I believe that our different reaction as a society is the factor that children seldom make choices for themselves.

[mswlogo]

Originally Posted by ITD

According to Sununu there are all age ranges represented except maybe the very youngest. He said this is no longer just an "old" people problem, at least considering the worst of the worst cases. The delta variant is much less discriminating.

Although the risk now applies to all ages it is still predominantly older people that die. If you are old and unvaccinated your odds are very bad.

[DickR]

Originally Posted by WinnisquamZ

Define old?...

From one site showing age distribution of the deaths in the US (as of when the total was 797,000+), and another site showing distribution of ages in the US population, it appears that the 1 in 100 works for about ages 65 and older.