"I am young and healthy. I refuse to quarantine".

[guillaumeb]

I have read this response many times on a local Chicago area message board.

My response generally is to ask the writer: "Do you have parents, grandparents, older relatives, relatives with health conditions?"

If they respond and say, yes, I reply that I feel sorry for their relatives.

It is amazing, and depressing, how self-centered and oblivious many Trump voters can be.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Young people often feel invincible. This is especially true NOW. The virus will find them. n/t

[guillaumeb]

3. And it may find their older relatives.

And part of the blame rests with the supposed leader of the country.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Yes, indeed. Both your statements are completely true. n/t

[Vinca]

2. There's a story out today about hundreds of teenagers in Texas who went to a "pong" party . . .

whatever the heck that is . . . and now the cases are starting to pile up. Young might mean they've got better stamina to fight it, but it sure as hell doesn't mean they're immune and can't land in the ICU or the graveyard.

[guillaumeb]

4. And they have relatives. eom

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Doctors still don't know the extent of long-term damage to organs.

Some of these people may have life-long health issues.

I am not afraid of dying from covid-19. I'm afraid of catching it and surviving.

I've already got enough health problems. I can't take any more.

[2naSalit]

9. +1

[Clash City Rocker]

7. There are many side effects that can effect young people too

Back when it first hit China, they were reporting lung scarring. One of the first NBA players to get it (Rudy Gobert) recently mentioned that, three months later, he has trouble smelling things. There was a report that it can trigger diabetes. It doesn’t have to kill you to ruin your life.

[kairos12]

8. I think many young people get it. Young people lacking in empathy don't get it.

And never will.