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The problem is that people ignored the lockdown. Also the virus doesn’t discriminate. Younger people will die but may take longer to do so. Also we are detecting cases earlier than back in March where you had to be really sick to get a test.


> Also the virus doesn’t discriminate

I mean, of course the virus "discriminates" in the sense that there is a huge disparity in mortality rate between age and pre-existing condition groups.

Sure, it can infect anyone but it's obviously false to act like the effects are equal across demographics.


Younger/healthier people are far less likely to die.

But they can be a great vector of infection to others.


It's been verified that primary school teachers, who have all gone to work as usual, as primary schools never closed, haven't shown a significantly higher number of infection than others.


Which country?




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