Two more positive cases announced in the Province this morning. Detail is here: For those without fb, two LSIs, one from Cebu, one from Caloocan, now quarantined in Mabinay and Manjuyod. This is likely to mean more quarantine extension. The NIATF are forcing ill-prepared LGUs to accept LSIs and then washing their hands with the results, as of course they should do to prevent spread of infection.
I think that is not wise and probably under informed. They are now finding that a large percentage of those who recover from the initial pulmonary component of covid do end up with other forms of permanent damage either to lungs, heart, kidneys, or neuro damage to the brain which are often not easily recognized until much later. The effects on sense of smell and taste are well documented, and even those who recover and didn't completely lose those senses many do have sensory reduction. There are many cases now being seen of recovered individuals several months post-infection starting to show signs of bipolar mood swings and depression. Many recovered cases who at first think they got of easy are finding later that they are left with reduced lung function and heart function as well as damage to other organs in the body. This is NOT a version of the flu, this is a serious disease, and you really do not want this thing in your body even if you have near 100% odds of surviving the initial attack on the lungs.
In the US young professional athletes, I assume are in very good physical condition, are catching the virus. So some non-senior guys here, perhaps not in the same physical shape and older than those athletes, may not be as safe as they may assume they are, unless of course they are superman.
Here is another source, fresh today: Young adults are driving the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona, Florida, and Texas, officials say. Patients' median ages are dropping. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...dian-ages-are-dropping/ar-BB15V5Ng?li=BBnb7Kz
They are scared, emotional and illogical. I didn't expect any real source or statistics, just appeal to emotions fallacies.
The way the media has sensationalized COVID-19, as well as the energy devoted by governments worldwide, likely resulted in more testing and more follow-up on the victims than for any disease in a long time. Finding the after effects of a disease that infects a person isn't new, but we're sure looking into this one closely. Everything we do that results in cell division, which is almost everything in life, has a potential for mutation, the results of which can be catastrophic, such as cancer. You can't live without dying and life damages our bodies until we're dead. If anyone is surprised that a disease can cause damage to a person's body, then I'm surprised that they're surprised.
Don't know what all the fuss is about re the younger generation not caring about the disease or transmission to others. Younger people are most likely to mix with those around their own age, so if they want to kill each other off with youthful bravado, so be it.
Some do seem to have reckless abandon, but maybe they're just placing it in the "background noise" category of risk, since their's is relatively low. I think a 22 year old, travelling to work each day in Dumaguete from Tanjay by motorcycle, spends more of his thought processes on avoiding the very real and present danger of driving, rather than a remote possibility of catching a disease that isn't present on his island, the even more remote possibility of it severely affecting him, or the even more distant still possibility of it killing him. I understand people wanting others to fear for them to help keep them safe, but it seems there are plenty of things to fear, perhaps more than enough to go around. To avoid this at closer to 100%, stay home, have items delivered, sterilize them, and hope you can do that for long enough for COVID-19 to become a distant memory. You can keep yourself safe and let these reckless youths (weren't we all reckless at some point?) provide for their families and go about their lives.
I agree with most of that, except that I think the average 22 year old driving his/her motorcycle to work has more tweety birds floating above his/her head than thoughts on safety.