Public still 'hugely underestimating' how much more dangerous COVID-19 is for the elderly

[DigitalDrifter]

The elderly are overwhelmingly vaccinated. It's Milennials and Gen Z'ers that are keeping the pandemic going.

Americans still don't seem to have a firm grasp on just how much more dangerous COVID-19 is for the elderly, David Wallace-Wells writes for New York.

Data compiled throughout the course of the pandemic from various countries show that "all else being equal an unvaccinated 66-year-old is about 30 times more likely to die, given a confirmed case, than an unvaccinated 36-year-old." Even more drastically, an 85-year-old faces a fatality risk of more than 10,000 times the one faced by a 10-year-old children, Wallace-Wells writes.

Public still 'hugely underestimating' how much more dangerous COVID-19 is for the elderly

 

[progressive hunter]

The elderly are overwhelmingly vaccinated. It's Milennials and Gen Z'ers that are keeping the pandemic going.

Public still 'hugely underestimating' how much more dangerous COVID-19 is for the elderly

well since the elderly are well vaxxed they have nothing to worry about,,

carry on,,

 

[night_son]

The elderly are overwhelmingly vaccinated. It's Milennials and Gen Z'ers that are keeping the pandemic going.

Public still 'hugely underestimating' how much more dangerous COVID-19 is for the elderly

The COVID vaccines are intended to "cure" one and only one ailment: the condition known as being alive.

 

[theHawk]

I don’t get it, what do young people have to do with it?

 

[MisterBeale]

It's Milennials and Gen Z'ers that are keeping the pandemic going.

If you do a search, it doesn't really matter which media you go to, they all agree, this thing is never going away.

The Coronavirus May Never Go Away. But This Perpetual Pandemic Could Still Fizzle Out

Public health experts say it’s time to recalibrate our expectations once again. The coronavirus might very well be around for good, and it's time we accept that.

www.wbur.org

COVID: Why We Will Never Eradicate the Coronavirus

There are three major reasons why SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, will never be eradicated.

www.acsh.org

Here's why a vaccine will not stop the Covid-19 pandemic right away

Experts say even if a coronavirus vaccine was approved in January or even earlier, it will be many months before it has an effect on the pandemic.

www.cnn.com

WHO warns coronavirus vaccine alone won't end pandemic: 'We cannot go back to the way things were'

World leaders and the public must learn to manage the virus and make permanent adjustments to their daily lives to bring the virus down to low levels, the WHO said.

www.cnbc.com

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pandemic-covid-coronavirus-vaccines-endemic-1.5919475

Now, all of these sources admit, Covid will be with us now forever, and the disease profile will remain, as it is. It will continue to strike those with weaker immune systems. IOW? The elderly and immunocompromised.

Thus, most of these establishment pieces stress getting jabbed, regardless of your risk factors.

I don’t get it, what do young people have to do with it?

Not a whole lot.

It would have a lot to do with it, if that vaccines themselves weren't so leaky.

Now, if the young are smart, and as soon as they feel themselves ill, if they quarantine themselves? Then those who are at risk, vaccinated or no, there should not be much problem. IF? OTH, the young and healthy are irresponsible, they yeah, they should probably get jabbed.