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Message: [QUOTE="The CDR-Ret, post: 3621553, member: 10751"] Resolved cases have two outcomes: recovered or died. The numbers depend on the number of cases actually tested positive. With many in the population who have exhibited ZERO symptoms, the number of positive, actual cases is unknowable, but that is [B][SIZE=5]NOT [/SIZE][/B]bad news. Those who show no symptoms also have little shedding of the virus, therefore they are a minor vector for the disease. I recently did the "deep dive" into the CoViD-19 data available from around the globe for my Master's course in Biochemistry, of peer-reviewed research and clinical studies that were also peer-reviewed. Each report of the 50+ reports and articles that specifically mentioned the age group 19 and below stated that ZERO evidence was observed in those age 19 and below spread the virus to anyone in their homes or to their grandparents. The only person below the age of 19 who died in the United States was a child who had the co-morbidity of diabetes. [The co-morbidities that are frequently mentioned in the news, but never explained are: 1) diabetes; 2) obesity; and 3) COPD/emphysema/previous lung damage (smoking/vaping) - kind of a complicated 3rd category, not of my personal making] As I AM going to be teaching face-to-face this fall for dual credit calculus-based Physics [Classical Mechanics], dual credit Chemistry, Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry, and General Chemistry, it will be the countermeasures against spread of CoViD-19 being used to protect ALL of the children that will also protect those teachers like me who will be over the age of 60 this year and following years. With 50 million tests being taken in the US, which is 15% of the US population, the death rate (if the tests are only one per person for the # tested {may not be a good assumption - a story for another time} that means the death rate is NOT 9%. When scaled using proper mathematical statistics {with no spin, because I have "skin in this game" - the game of life} the actual death rate is 0.5047%. This death rate is about 5 times the death rate of the 2018-2019 common flu (no coronavirus that year), and the bigger issue is the R-naught which is about three times the common flu rate. R-naught deals with how many people tend to have the virus spread to them via one infected person. That all being said, my bigger concern is the introduction of visiting fans of sports being the vector of infection. No worries to be back in the classroom teaching chemistry and physics, as cleaning the classroom will be part of the curriculum, as well as presenting the CoViD-19 lesson plan that I developed to minimize fear among the students, as fear is a tremendous immune suppressant. A major portion of the lesson is the Icelandic CoViD-19 report - no spin there as well. No fear! No worries! Stay healthy, my friends! [/QUOTE]

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