Isn't it good that lots of younger people are catching CV?

[Marcellemouse]

They seem mainly asymptomatic or have mild symptoms but won't this supposed mass spread at universities and schools help to spread up creating herd immunity? I appreciate some will take this back to vulnerable parents, but there seems to be no issues amongst the young who are catching it. Will they theoretically just get it out the way by allowing schools and universities to stay open so they can get on with their lives?

@QueenBlueberries

Well, we don't know yet of the long term consequences of catching Covid 19. So wouldn't it be better to try and protect people as opposed to somehow believing that it's a good thing if they catch it? And if we loose a few vulnerable kids along the way, well, they were sick anyway.

I find this attitude truly exasperating.

I never said we shouldn't prevent people catching it. And I never mentioned vulnerable people. I said it isnt remotely helpful to assume it will have massive consequences on our long term health like that when we have no evidence whatsoever. It just worries people without anything to support it. It will take 20 years off your life span is just a stab in the dark prediction

Yes it's a complete stab in the dark, was that not obvious in my comment? I expressed that it is a worry of mine, I am worried that it could cause people to die from heart attacks, strokes, etc that are caused from catching covid, so say a person would of loved to 80 naturally but after catching covid and getting damage to their heart or blood clots from having the disease will now die at 60, obviously this isn't something we could know for sure until people start dying from covid complications 10-20 years from now, if ever.

Sorry am I not being clear, do you not understand?

I think saying one 18yo has died as a reason to take this very seriously is a bit of a red herring as there are other viruses like meningitis that have always killed the young and we didn’t lock down or panic about those.

@NekoShiro

Yes it's a complete stab in the dark, was that not obvious in my comment? I expressed that it is a worry of mine, I am worried that it could cause people to die from heart attacks, strokes, etc that are caused from catching covid, so say a person would of loved to 80 naturally but after catching covid and getting damage to their heart or blood clots from having the disease will now die at 60, obviously this isn't something we could know for sure until people start dying from covid complications 10-20 years from now, if ever.

Sorry am I not being clear, do you not understand?

You're absolutely right. Well I predict everyone that contracts covid will grow a tail in 5 years.

OK, meningitis. We've had lots of campaigns about this. I remember the little red books when my kids were babies, with images about meningitis and list of symptoms and how to recognise them. All paediatric first aiders are being trained in how to recognise the signs. All schools, GPs have posters. No we don't lock things down but there's been some very pro-active publicity about it for about 15 years, all over the country.

There is concern that heart inflammation caused by covid could shorten life. This is because episodes that put the heart under strain can have this impact, and no reason to assume covid heart inflammation would be different. Covid often causes heart inflammation, for example in a sports team in the us where it spread, one third had heart inflammation.

We won't have stats for a long time, but I do feel quite about people relaxed for their young adult children to contract it.

I would much rather avoid it until more is known.

@Bluelinings

“It’s ok they had underlying conditions.” Kinda the type of thing the Nazis said.

But not actually what was said on this thread.

Godwin's law is alive and well, I see.

Okay? I'm not trying to convince you of anything, I'm expressing my opinion on a public board, op asked a question and I answered, you're taking it very personally, neither of us is psychic and don't know what's gonna happen which is my point