I heard on the news that there are not enough respirators available in US hospitals to handle a huge influx of elderly patients with breathing problems.
In Northern Italy, the hospital ICU's simply could not handle the enormous load of elderly patients with pneumonia, and they had to send them home. That is why so many elderly people have died there.
For young children, under the age of nine, unless there is a respiratory problem like asthma, or a medical condition like cancer, there is very little chance of a child dying from covid19.
The symptoms of covid19 appear to be as variable as the people who catch it. Primarily, headache, body aches, fever, chills, and so on are indicators that a strong, healthy person has covid19 OR the flu. These symptoms usually don't last too long with covid19. In older, weaker people, the symptoms also include a heavy feeling in the center of the chest, shortness of breath, and coughing.
ANY person whose immune system is compromised is at risk from covid19, because then it has the potential to turn into pneumonia, and pneumonia can kill you.
