CORONAVIRUS AND AGE; WILL IT GO AWAY?

Not many children are getting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but it is the elderly at most risk.

"We now know more about who is at risk. Average age of death for people from coronavirus is 80. Average age of people who need medical attention is age 60. We want people who are older, people who have medical conditions, to take steps to protect themselves, including avoiding crowded spaces, including thinking very carefully about whether or not now is the time to get on that cruise ship, whether now is the time to take that long haul flight," Adams said. "For most people you're going to be fine. But if you have medical conditions, or you're older, now is the time to rethink that."&

"We now know more about who is at risk. Average age of death for people from coronavirus is 80. Average age of people who need medical attention is age 60. We want people who are older, people who have medical conditions, to take steps to protect themselves, including avoiding crowded spaces, including thinking very carefully about whether or not now is the time to get on that cruise ship, whether now is the time to take that long haul flight," Adams said. "For most people you're going to be fine. But if you have medical conditions, or you're older, now is the time to rethink that."*
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Will COVID-19 go away in the summer like normal flu?
And experts warn that even if COVID-19 becomes less active in the summer, it could return if public health officials do not gain control of the outbreak first.

“If we continue to see sustained transmission in multiple countries, it will be very difficult to eradicate the virus,” says Charles Chiu, a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. “There is a risk that it may end up becoming a seasonal virus without global concerted public health interventions to prevent spread.”**

He points to the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as swine flu, which began in April of that year. He says that as it adapted to the human population, it adopted a seasonal pattern, with most infections now occurring during the winter months.**

* https://q13fox.com/2020/03/08/us-surgeon-general-says-he-thinks-coronavirus-is-contained-in-certain-areas-of-the-country/
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/coronavirus-kill-senior-citizens/2020/03/09/id/957522/?ns_mail_uid=142cf6cb-b757-4a77-afda-d3310b9288ee&ns_mail_job=DM95997_03092020&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010135hgigw6
** https://time.com/5790880/coronavirus-warm-weather-summer/.