This is my home state of Iowa, and this exactly what you want to see during a pandemic. This is how you beat it without a meaningful vaccine.
Those 40 and younger with the strongest immune systems are 54% of our cases, but only 2.1% of our deaths.
Those 40 and younger with the strongest immune systems are 54% of our cases, but only 2.1% of our deaths.
In fact, not a single minor has died yet in a state of more than 3 million. And we just finished the nation’s first high school sports season with over 700 teams participating.
Look at our CFR — 1.87%. That is outstanding, and precisely because we let the virus encounter the younger and stronger immune systems to weaken it — especially during the heat of the summer.
And since CDC says actual infections are 10x the reported cases, that would put our IFR at .1 — which is right in the flu range. And we’re there with an aging population, and lots of meat packing plants. Two populations most vulnerable to the virus.
And we also did it by never shutting down except for the schools (which are now reopening in most of the state), no mask mandates, etc. We never had a shelter in place. We've been opening our state since May 1st.
Well done @IAGovernor!
Well done @IAGovernor!
