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I understand that the death rate from covid-19 for young (say <50) is quite low.

But do we have any data on whether the infection is also milder for the young? In terms of symptoms, is covid-19 median suffering for the young more or less similar to the flu?
The reason I asked this question is because many people are arguing letting young people out of the lockdown to achieve “herd immunity”.

Everyone is talking about low death rates for the young but nobody is taking about suffering.
This is scary: sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/h…
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E.g. you want to get a house built and you need to interview architects to hire one?
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My notes and interpretation of the #book “Being Ecological” by @the_eco_thought

It’s a short book that I read back to back, twice. I highly recommend it.
1/ The first thing that struck me was the fact that we find photos of nature mesmerising and arresting.

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Imagine being thrown in nature naked. That’s terrifying.
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Rule 1 of writing well: ONLY write on things you have a strong opinion on.

And strong opinions come from expertise.
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