Conavirus......

[JaneV2.0]

Letlow crashed in what seems to be record time. Scary business.

[iris lilies]

I’m sure 41 is old in some person’s mind. And it’s just a fluke that there are lots of pics on Twitter and such with him at White House level stupid mask free events. Yay freedumb?

https://news.google.com/articles/CAI...S&ceid=US%3Aen

Yes, I think it’s too bad that someone so young succumbed to this disease, seemingly at random. I can’t tell from your post if you think it’s too bad or not. Really hard to tell.

[pinkytoe]

The confusing thing to me is that there is a perception (and maybe it's true) that the virus hits those hardest with pre-existing conditions even if they are quite young. Is it really so random as to pick off supposedly healthy people?

[catherine]

I think it's a tragedy that Letlow died, leaving two young children behind. 41 is far too young, especially with such a promising future ahead of him. COVID sucks.

[JaneV2.0]

If you search for "18 year old dies of COVID" you find a startling number of hits--people who had no apparent reason to die. Also, a recently-vaccinated health care worker came down with it about a week after his shot. Thankfully, he's recovering.

Re Letlow, I don't know why anyone in their right mind would go to a mask-free White House function after so many have contracted COVID there. But Trump said it was no big deal (after he got the super-duper extra special five star cocktail), so...

[ApatheticNoMore]

The confusing thing to me is that there is a perception (and maybe it's true) that the virus hits those hardest with pre-existing conditions even if they are quite young. Is it really so random as to pick off supposedly healthy people?

It does hit hardest those with preexisting conditions, but like I have said I have read the data coming out from public health daily enough times, there is almost always some in the 30-49 year old group (that's how they batch ages) with no pre-existings felled by it daily here. And yet people keep insisting on arguing it's not happening.

Is it super high risk for that group? No, but it's not no risk. It's much lower risk for the under 30 group. If you don't wear a mask when exposed you probably will get a higher viral load and thus a worse case of it, so there is that.

[JaneV2.0]

"s it super high risk for that group? No, but it's not no risk. It's much lower risk for the under 30 group. If you don't wear a mask when exposed you probably will get a higher viral load and thus a worse case of it, so there is that."

Viral load seems a key part of how hard you're hit by COVID, all in all.

[LDAHL]

Yes, I think it’s too bad that someone so young succumbed to this disease, seemingly at random. I can’t tell from your post if you think it’s too bad or not. Really hard to tell.

There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of grave dancing out there.

[jp1]

Yes, I think it’s too bad that someone so young succumbed to this disease, seemingly at random. I can’t tell from your post if you think it’s too bad or not. Really hard to tell.

It absolutely is a tragedy. The shameful anti-leadership of Trump has caused countless people to behave like him and put their lives at risk. Every single one of the resulting deaths is a tragedy.

"It's a hoax"
"It's going to go away like magic"
"I can't recognize you. Is that a mask? No way. Are you wearing a mask? I've never seen her in a mask, Look at you. Oh, she's being very politically correct."

[Tammy]

The confusing thing to me is that there is a perception (and maybe it's true) that the virus hits those hardest with pre-existing conditions even if they are quite young. Is it really so random as to pick off supposedly healthy people?

Yes. Children and teens have died also.