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  1. Jack Peterson

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    Well! they say life begins at 40, Don't they:happy:
     
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  2. Show Pony

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    If I sound like a mad man it's possible I am. Hear me out.

    There are thousands and thousands of viruses out in the world.
    Only a few become deadly to humans.
    We have covid-19, a deadly virus. If it mutates the new virus can be more deadly or it could be less deadly.
    Since only a very few viruses are deadly it seems logical that the mutation will probably be less deadly.
    I'm hoping for less deadly.
     
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    Could this be due to a mutation? If it is then is it possible this new type could become dominant and sweep the world in a second phase. And if so, what will the young say and do then? My guess is they'll say "Mask up you oldies - see what you are doing to us!".

    https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1312434/young-adults-majority-of-new-virus-cases-in-canada

    It is from the local press but the article has "Agence France-Presse" attached to it. I checked this and it is actually the world's oldest news agency.

    Young adults majority of new virus cases in Canada
    Agence France-Presse / 07:05 AM July 27, 2020

    Some points:

    “Recent national surveillance data show that young adults aged 20-39 years of age account for the highest incidence rates across all ages in Canada,” Canada’s chief public health officer Theresa Tam said in a statement.

    For the week ending July 22, the incidence rate was highest among young men and women aged 20-29 (14.4 and 13.8 cases per 100,000 people respectively), followed by those aged 30-39.

    “Younger Canadians are not invincible” to the disease, Tam warned, noting that it is not only the elderly who are at risk of serious health problems if infected.

    She pointed out that, of the cases of COVID-19 reported to public health last week, 63 percent involved people under 39 years of age, of whom roughly one-third were hospitalized.

    Public health guidelines are widely respected in Canada, but even so, several hundred people protested in Quebec City Sunday against the wearing of face masks, which are now compulsory in the French speaking province.
     
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    Notmyrealname, 27 Jul 2020
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