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Originally Posted by Raptwithal
-- For those under age 20, the infection fatality risk is equivalent to driving a car for 7,500 miles.
-- Those under age 50 who get infected with the coronavirus lose less than one day of discounted quality-adjusted life expectancy.
Based on this, if I were a 19-year-old and someone asked me, "Over the next six months, which would you rather? Test positive for Covid or drive 10,000 miles?" The correct answer (especially for a person with no co-morbidities) would be: Test positive for covid. Because for the 19YO, covid would be a much safer bet.
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The problem is that those young and healthy people spread the virus to their elderly and/or ill and/or disabled friends, family members and relatives. Who can die when they catch Covid.