Coronavirus and You - Page 396

On July 01 2021 16:37 Slydie wrote:
The delta way is coming to Europe, mostly among people ages 12-30.

I have 2 questions. Are the vaccines are enough to avoid a dramatic situation?

Secondly, is the priority of vaccines was the correct one, and if it makes sense to give it to the 18-30 group before the 30-40 group and maybe even 40-50? Also, the benefit of going after more likely spreaders instead of the very oldest would have really kicked in now.

On July 02 2021 03:09 HolydaKing wrote:
I'm pretty sure I heard that as well, that is that the delta variant is more likely to hit children than other variants. But I got no source either.

But anyway there have been several studies about possible long term issues, just recently I read one saying that it's quite possible some people will be more likely to get dementia due to corona. Of course, no need to believe those studies but I wouldn't want to get Covid even if it's likely not going to be bad. Anyway, there have been younger people having more severe cases and even dying, so I don't like people underestimating it.

Children are "more likely to get infected" with the Delta variant when compared to the Alpha variant because it's more transmissible, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

"So it isn't that they (children) are more susceptible, but this virus is a more transmissible virus," Dr. Fauci told CBS This Morning. "Therefore, children will more likely get infected with this than they would with the Alpha variant."

It was a pretty non story here for most since he was just being a pain for the attention

On July 02 2021 03:43 BlackJack wrote:




Not sure of his reason for singling out children there if he immediately says they are not more susceptible and Delta is more likely to hit everyone than other variants just because it's more transmissible.

Edit: Of course my contribution to this thread has always been to try to put things in perspective so I will once again post CDC data

Deaths among people age 0 - 29 years old

Deaths from COVID-19: 2,734
Deaths from all causes: 140,047

So children and young adults are still 50 times more likely to die from other causes from COVID-19. If you look at just children under 18 they are over 100 times more likely to die of other causes than from COVID-19.

On July 02 2021 06:16 Acrofales wrote:

Reducing child deaths by 2% sounds like a pretty major fucking deal to me...

On July 02 2021 03:14 JimmiC wrote:

Other than the quote of the study from Scotland saying that it caused 85% more hospitalizations and if I spent more time on google I'd likely find more. . Regardless all the data and doctors agree that vaccination is the key to stopping the spread and keeping those who get it safe.

One person was saying England has given the US now 3 warnings, will they react to the third or again claim not them and end up in the same situation months later. Time will tell but sadly I'm guessing the latter since hospitalizations are back on the rise in the American south and yet vaccinations are not going up and behavior is not changing.

The Delta variant, which is now responsible for most coronavirus infections in England, is not driving a surge in the rate of hospitalizations there, according to data released by Public Health England on Thursday.

Although the number of coronavirus infections has risen sharply in recent weeks, hospitalization rates remain low. Between June 21 and June 27, the weekly hospitalization rate was 1.9 per 100,000 people, the same as it was the previous week.

The hospitalization rate has increased slightly over the past month, rising from 1.1 admissions per 100,000 people in early June, according to the agency’s data. But it remains considerably lower than during England’s surge last winter, when the hospitalization rate peaked at more than 35 admissions per 100,000 people.