People in their teens, 20s and 30s have died from Coronavirus. Just less of them.
There are some disturbing reports coming out of Italy and Iran that people in their 40’s and 30’s are seriously ill from this, requiring intensive and invasive care in the ICU and many in that cohort dying from it. That makes me wonder if a mutation in the virus is to blame and that might be very bad news.
There has also been a disturbing number of doctors and nurses who are relatively young and healthy becoming seriously ill and with some dying from it.
But what we need to understand is that even if you are below the age of 60 and without underlying conditions and not likely to require ICU care or die, you can still become very ill from this.
I contracted influenza at age 39 back in the year 2000. I was very healthy and fit at the time but it me like a ton of bricks. I was out from work for over a week. I was barely able to get out of bed, was running a 102+ fever for days and the body aches felt like someone was smashing every joint in my body with a hammer.
Imagine a vast number of people getting COVID-19 who while they may likely live and eventually recover, being laid out sick for a week or more.
