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If you are a college student,  how does this virus endanger you? The latest interpretations of the data by the media tell us that COVID-19 is not going to kill you and not many of you are going to get it. In the United States, over 85% of the deaths due to COVID-19 are among individuals over 50 years old, and in Washington State (the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak), 2% of verified cases are among individuals between 0 and 19 years old and 7% are among those 20-29 years old.  In the nation hardest hit by COVID-19 to date (China), the death rate among those aged 10-29 is 0.2%.  The death rate represents how many individuals who become infected with COVID-19 die from the virus.  For comparison sake, overall deaths related to the flu run between 20,000 and 60,000 in the United States for each of the past ten years.  Approximately 10% of the U.S. population of 330 million gets the flu every year, which amounts to an annual death rate of between 0.06 and 0.18% among those who get the

What's the Bottom Line? Mixed.  Some scientific studies suggest that the use of talcum powder near the genital area leads to increased risk of certain types of cancer (ovarian, endometrial).  Other studies fail to demonstrate such a connection between talc use and cancer.  Johnson and Johnson faces mounting legal battles over a potential link between the perineal (near the genitals) use of talcum powder among women and increased risk of ovarian cancer.  The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified the perineal use of talcum powder as possibly carcinogenic to humans  based on limited evidence from scientific studies that show a statistically significant link between the exposure and the cancer.  While Johnson and Johnson continues to appeal and fight these cases in court, scientific research striving to prove or disprove the dangers of talc (baby) powder also continues.  The combination of litigation, scientific studies, mixed results, and missing kn