Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:03 pm
Fortunately sounds like mostly young healthy kids who caught it in your circle.
I also know dozens who have caught it. A few kids, but the vast majority between the ages of 35-60. For over half, they were knocked off their asses for a solid 2 weeks and they all said it is much worse than the flu and the sickest they’ve ever been in their entire lives. Some ended up in the hospital, 1 nearly died. All in generally good health otherwise and nowhere near Gilbert Grape’s mom or knocking on death’s door going into it.
Thankfully, for the most part it does not seem to be as severe for kids and I feel we are all lucky that the early projections to this point have not come to reality.
As far as Sweden, look at their population as a whole versus the US and it tells the story immediately. Apples versus oranges. Their relatively single, fit, healthy society with a 14% obesity rate versus the US where 66% of the population is overweight and 44% are obese. With obesity pretty universally agreed upon as one of the highest risk factors for severe outcomes, it makes complete sense that they are pretty well back to normal.
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