Monday, June 8, 2020

Individual COVID-19 fatality risk (and the consequences for universities) [VoxEU.org]


"The most prominent risk indeed stems simply from age.  In essence, this is due to young ‘animals’ stronger immune-response to most viruses also applying to COVID-19. . . .  Faculty members might want to appreciate the fact that most students are young and hence face a rather miniscule risk - current estimates suggest that it may be about the same as the risk of dying in a UK road accident in a normal year. . . .  For university presidents and their management teams, it is essential to recognize that the COVID-19 virus is much more dangerous to older members of university staff.  This time, age matters."
          --Centre for Economic Policy Research


The article:
https://voxeu.org/article/covid-19-pandemic-causing-crisis-uk-universities-0

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1 comment:

  1. Pennsylvania PennyJune 9, 2020 at 4:33:00 AM CDT

    I don't see anything in this article about the risk of university students being exposed to COVID-19 at school and then infecting other (and older) people even if they don't become ill themselves.

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