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Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

I'm an idiot, but will somebody please explain to me the dangers of this virus.... I have heard two completely different versions from two doctors that are almost a 360 in opinion....Thanks

It's about the danger to those who are high risk, like the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions. The death rates for those groups are very high. While you may be fine, you can still be a disease carrier/spreader. If the hospitals get inundated with multiple patients at the same time, this becomes a much bigger moral dilemma (like who gets to have the life saving ventilator over someone else). Canceling large events like this buys time for health care providers and vaccine producers. Italy is in deep for these very reasons.