re: Local ER doc (South LA) here to answer your COVID-19 questions

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But there are a certain number of posters on this site that cannot differentiate between fatality rates and hospitalization rates and what increased hospitalization rates do to a regional healthcare system. All they hear is that fatality rates for 18-49 are extremely low (especially without comorbidities) and immediately think there is no problem.

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No, I think for most part the idea being discussed is that the working class healthy people shouldn’t be held back the same as everyone else because in the long run we need to be producing as a society.

I personally am fully aware that a small percentage of young people will get it. I also am tired of 40-59 year olds being called young, let’s stop that BS and divide it to under 30 as young and 30-55 as middle age at least? Yes the young people that get it will take up a portion of the hospital beds. Yes this will cause issues. But by and large those small issues will be well worth keeping society up and running.

Personally I think everyone over 60 shouldn’t be allowed to drive or work away from home. Let’s also deliver food to them. Give them the stimulus money. Have those least effected help them out and help us all out by working.