COVID-19: Difference between revisions

'''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a novel Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''SARS-CoV-2'''.  In almost all US states, the disease has claimed about as many lives as the flu, almost no lives below age 30, and has killed dramatically less people than pneumonia without COVID-19.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm</ref>  Danish blood donors suggest the virus is not overall more deadly than the flu, but this is debated.<ref>https://twitter.com/PGtzsche1/status/1250046125656150018</ref><ref>https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/doedelighed-skal-formentlig-taelles-i-promiller-danske-blodproever-kaster-nyt-lys</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PGtzsche1/status/1250048816864202752</ref><ref>https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---3-march-2020</ref>  Random blood sampling in California show an infection mortality rate between 0.01% (Los Angeles)<ref>https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/04/21/los-angeles-study-backs-stanford-researchers-conclusion-about-high-prevalence-of-covid-19</ref> and 0.1% (Santa Clara County).<ref>https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/17/1000113/up-to-4-of-silicon-valley-already-infected-with-coronavirus/</ref><ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=santa+clara+county+coronvirus+deaths</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494034-the-data-are-in-stop-the-panic-and-end-the-total-isolation</ref>  If NYC death stats are accurate, the coronavirus may have infected up to 50% of the population there.

Similarly to seasonal influenza, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and most are very old.<ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref><ref>https://ophrp.org/journal/view.php?number=550</ref><ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref>

Faced with a fractional increase in natural death probability, boomer country leaders advised all [[millennial]]s to speedrun video games at home indefinitely.<ref>https://kotaku.com/white-house-doctor-we-need-millennials-to-stay-healthy-1842401810</ref>  This gave millions of normies the unique chance to experience [[incel]], [[NEET]] and [[LDAR]] lifestyles, causing especially young [[women]] to be [[adverse effects of inceldom|socially isolated]] for the first time in their lives, driving some into suicide.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8150271/Teenager-dies-hospital-trying-life-coronavirus-fears.html</ref>