If you're under the 20s amid a pandemic, here's a warning for you. A new study in London shows that under the 20s are more susceptible to coronavirus compared to people that are over 20s. It turns out that the common belief that younger people are safer to the virus is not true after all. Here's the study.
Hey under 20s! Here's a COVID-19 warning for you!
On Tuesday, June 16, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine released a study showing how age can be a factor for Coronavirus susceptibility and immunity, Sky News reported.
They found out that ages that are under-20s are half as likely to get Coronavirus than people over-20s. Study shows that the virus could have a stronger effect on the younger generation before they reach the age 20s.
This was contrary to the initial COVID-19 researches that show younger people are safer from acquiring the virus.
One of the peer-reviewed paper's co-authors said that based on their research, Nicholas Davies concluded that the data was concluded-- but they don't know why this result happened.
As noted, "a very sharp increase" was recorded "somewhere between the ages of 15 and 25" regarding Coronavirus cases.
"We estimate that susceptibility to infection in individuals under 20 years of age is approximately half that of adults aged over 20 years and that clinical symptoms manifest in 21% (95% credible interval: 12-31%) of infections in 10- to 19-year-olds, rising to 69% (57-82%) of infections in people aged over 70 years," said on the study.
So, what happens now in school opening?
Due to this study, questions about school reopening have now increased than ever. Is it still safe to let children go back to school, even with safety precautions? Researchers say, it still depends.
"Whether to reopen schools or not is a very complicated question. You need to bring in a variety of different pieces of evidence... More studies are definitely needed," said co-author Rosalind Eggo.
To clarify, the researchers still said that there could be chances that these assumptions still depends on the area. "There were a chance" results could "vary from place to place."
Bar infected 16 people with coronavirus
In connection with susceptibility, on June 6, a group of friends gathered inside Lynch's Irish Pub in Jacksonville Beach. After a couple of days, all of them were found to be infected with the virus.
"I think we were careless, and we went out into a public place when we should not have," Erika Crisp told WJXT. "And we were not wearing masks. I think we had a whole 'out of sight, out of mind' mentality. The state opens back up and said everybody was fine, so we took advantage of that."
One of the victims was a 40-year-old woman. This may be a proof that if you're not careful, you might get the virus-- whether you're young or not.
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