The point of lockdowns is to protect life and health, without which there can be no economic activity. See e.g.https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/coronavirus-leading-through-the-crisis/charting-the-path-to-the-next-normal/countries-that-focused-on-keeping-virus-spread-near-zero-got-their-economies-moving-faster-than-others …
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Yet another old article from fall 2020. Look: Corona isn‘t bad enough to disrupt normal economic activity. Like MERS (and also, largely, SARS), most Corona deaths are in institutional care, people who lockdowns don‘t protect anyway.
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But most Long Covid (permanent organ damage) cases are in younger people.
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Replying to @amrit_lohia @eugyppius1 and
Why does that make any sense to you?
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Replying to @MusingsOfYouth @eugyppius1 and
It is the fact whether it "makes any sense to you" or not. See https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/monumental-acknowledgment-cdc-reports-long-term-covid-19-patients-n1234814 … and https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4470 ….
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Replying to @amrit_lohia @eugyppius1 and
Your news articles making the same assertion you’re making do not matter to me, I would like you to explain why such a notion follows from any epidemiological principle
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Replying to @MusingsOfYouth @eugyppius1 and
Well, it is a fact that SARS-CoV-2 (like many other pathogens) is capable of causing permanent organ damage. You can call that an "epidemiological principle" if you wish.
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Replying to @amrit_lohia @eugyppius1 and
Do you know why the frequency of “permanent organ damage” is higher in a group at less risk of death?
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Also lol @ “young people”pic.twitter.com/ocni1lmDR7
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"Many with long-term symptoms are otherwise young and healthy: Among those surveyed between ages 18 and 34, about 20 percent experienced lasting symptoms":https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/monumental-acknowledgment-cdc-reports-long-term-covid-19-patients-n1234814 …
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how long do they lastpic.twitter.com/quHHjGFl70
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