09-12-2020, 12:11 AM
Really? I actually think it's pretty low. Keep in mind that most people (especially young people) with COVID-19 are never even hospitalized. So, if you take the universe of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and figure maybe at most 10% are hospitalized (probably lower if you also throw in completely asymptomatic individuals), then you are left with a death rate of ~1/1000 or less. That's about what the comparable rate is for influenza.
You are right that the universe of possible co-morbidities is very large, but other than asthma (which doesn't seem to increase the risk of bad outcomes for COVID-19), there aren't a ton of other diseases likely to affect young people. Fewer than 1% are going to have heart disease or cancer, and while you do see more of some types of autoimmune diseases in young people, we are still not talking about enough to really increase the death rate. The great thing about being young is (generally) health.
BC
You are right that the universe of possible co-morbidities is very large, but other than asthma (which doesn't seem to increase the risk of bad outcomes for COVID-19), there aren't a ton of other diseases likely to affect young people. Fewer than 1% are going to have heart disease or cancer, and while you do see more of some types of autoimmune diseases in young people, we are still not talking about enough to really increase the death rate. The great thing about being young is (generally) health.
BC