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“Kids and adults have done extremely well in terms of recovery so far,” said Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency medicine doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “It’s so critical that we do not waste resources among the young and healthy and that we really focus on the areas where this might really get out of control.”
Dr. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, says our understanding of the disease is still developing and the statistics are preliminary.
“They’re all estimates," he said. "What are you counting as a case in your particular country? ... That case definition has varied a lot.”
“What I was able to find by looking at a few other data sources, rather than just the big flashy numbers, was that there’s actually a lot of reason to be reassured that the numbers are a lot lower,” said Faust.
“Because only the sickest people are showing up at hospitals, this group is likely over-represented among the full population of people who have C0VlD-19, according to Faust. Most C0VlD-19 cases are mild, and many individuals will never even see a health care provider to be tested.”
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