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COVID-19 Coronavirus and Lung Health: What can you do?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: May 10, 2020 | Replies (297)Comment receiving replies
@merpreb I just read the head of the WHO's statement on front page of Yahoo. Excerpts of what he said: for the vast majority of American's who contact the virus there is no serious health threat-most recover completely within 1-2 weeks. Even for most who get a severe reaction they recover completely within 3-6 weeks. Only a very small % of the population are at risk of death. Furthermore, restrictive travel won't help much to contain the spread of the virus. Proper testing and treatment is what we need. Further, they believe 2nd contagion is not an issue, meaning most who contract the disease are safe from a re-infection. They estimate close to 50% of Americans will come in contact with the virus within the next 3 years. Therefore, many if not most (assuming a vaccine) will have some level of immunity.
Of course, I don't question the value of the lives of that small minority who may become very sick, I question whether they would be as susceptible to many other, more common viruses, that we are consistently confronted with?
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@joelars- Joe, you do a fabulous job of researching. Your last question, "I question whether they would be as susceptible to many other, more common viruses, that we are consistently confronted with? The answer I believe is probably. But since this virus is much more lethal than common viruses we have to be more vigilant. Delay travel and do not travel into communities where there are is active COPID-19 so that you do not come into contact with anyone who is carrying the virus or is ill. Use common sense in your personal hygiene. And the list goes on and on. Joe, there are so many more unanswered questions than there are answers with this virus. I'm not sure if you are seeking answers to mollify your decision to just go about your daily routine or seeking answers where there are no answers yet. One recommendation is to go to the source of an article so that you can read the whole thing and not excerpts. Excerpts are known for misleading people because they take things out of context. Also, young people can be carriers, so you really never know who is or who is not contagious.
There is a bigger picture here and that is to stop the virus no matter what risk group you are in by being overly cautious. We aren't just individuals with a pandemic, we are what makes up our communities and it is our job to make sure we protect our communities
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/statement-ncaa-covid-19-advisory-panel-ncaa-events
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/faqs.html