On: Oregon has first confirmed Covid-19 case

[bsder]

> The only break we get is that young adults don't seem nearly as susceptible to Covid-19 as they were to Spanish Flu.

The suspicion was that Spanish Flu set off cytokine storms in young people with robust immune systems.

This doesn't seem to be happening with Covid-19.

[bcrosby95 → bsder]

Actually it didn't at first. The Spanish Flu went through 3 waves.

The first wave was very similar to the standard flu. Fairly mild, primarily killed the elderly and sick. It first appeared around January.

The 2nd wave is what killed young people. It didn't show up until August.

[cstejerean → bsder]

Yes, instead it’s setting off cytokine storms in older people.