From what I've read, it's not just the conditions you mention that seem to make people more vulnerable to this virus. Diabetes and being overweight also seem to increase the risk of serious symptoms and death, and both of those conditions are very common in the USA.
People who want to minimise this keep bleating on about how the virus is only a danger to Boomers. It is true that older people make up the bulk of the fatalities, but before the fatality numbers really shot up in the UK and everyone apart from the famous became just another number, there were a couple of deaths of kids aged eleven and thirteen reported. Neither of them had any underlying health issues. They got sick but seemed to be doing reasonably well until they suddenly got much worse, were admitted to hospital and then died in Intensive Care a few days later.
It's a lottery, and it's all very well citing statistics, but it's not irrational to be very concerned if a young person you care about comes down with the virus. Young people are getting very ill with COVID-19, and it's likely that even some of those who recover at home with nothing more than the help of over the counter pain relief will end up with permanent lung damage. Chinese researchers have found reduced lung capacity in those who have had the virus, and while it's too early to be sure, there is a possibility that this could be pulmonary fibrosis - scarring of the lung tissue that's permanent, can't be cured and can spread.
I'm just grateful every morning I wake up without a fever and without gasping for breath and having breathing trouble/chest congestion. And I'm not leaving my home again until the numbers of Corona cases start going down
Who in right mind is sleeping around right now?
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From what I've read, it's not just the conditions you mention that seem to make people more vulnerable to this virus. Diabetes and being overweight also seem to increase the risk of serious symptoms and death, and both of those conditions are very common in the USA.
People who want to minimise this keep bleating on about how the virus is only a danger to Boomers. It is true that older people make up the bulk of the fatalities, but before the fatality numbers really shot up in the UK and everyone apart from the famous became just another number, there were a couple of deaths of kids aged eleven and thirteen reported. Neither of them had any underlying health issues. They got sick but seemed to be doing reasonably well until they suddenly got much worse, were admitted to hospital and then died in Intensive Care a few days later.
It's a lottery, and it's all very well citing statistics, but it's not irrational to be very concerned if a young person you care about comes down with the virus. Young people are getting very ill with COVID-19, and it's likely that even some of those who recover at home with nothing more than the help of over the counter pain relief will end up with permanent lung damage. Chinese researchers have found reduced lung capacity in those who have had the virus, and while it's too early to be sure, there is a possibility that this could be pulmonary fibrosis - scarring of the lung tissue that's permanent, can't be cured and can spread.
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I'm just grateful every morning I wake up without a fever and without gasping for breath and having breathing trouble/chest congestion. And I'm not leaving my home again until the numbers of Corona cases start going down