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I don't know - a 15% mortality rate for 80+ year olds is pretty bad. Or do their lives not count? Or are we not responsible for trying to slow the spread?
by outside1234 7y ago
I don't know - a 15% mortality rate for 80+ year olds is pretty bad. Or do their lives not count? Or are we not responsible for trying to slow the spread?
- DyslexicAtheist 7y agoand it's up to around ~6% - 10.5% risk for those with a precondition. If this estimate[0] turns out to be correct, everyone will either have been directly affected by loss of somebody, know somebody who lost someone, or are dead themselves. [0] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-se... PRE-EXISTING CONDITION | DEATH RATE confirmed cases | DEATH RATE all cases Cardiovascular disease | 13.2% | 10.5% Diabetes | 9.2% | 7.3% Chronic respiratory | 8.0% | 6.3% Hypertension | 8.4% | 6.0% Cancer | 7.6% | 5.6% no pre-existing | | 0.9%
- anthonypasq 7y agoYou forgot to include the assumption that everyone on the planet will eventually be infected. Get real.
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- viewer5 7y agoWhy is diabetes a risk factor?
- pvaldes 7y agoDiabetes produces high blood sugar that damages the walls of the arteries and veins A combination of damaged lungs (less oxygen intake than normal) and troubles moving the scarce oxygen around the body trough a partially blocked circulatory system is not good news for the patient and can increase the risk of a heart failure and dead. If the lungs fail, the heart will fail next.
- refurb 7y ago80,000 Americans died of the flu last year. Are you worried about that? Most people aren't.