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Over 40% of Americans have comorbidities (hypertension and obesity being most common) so that stat is not particularly useful.
by ancientworldnow 6y ago
Over 40% of Americans have comorbidities (hypertension and obesity being most common) so that stat is not particularly useful.
- badfrog 6y ago42.4% of Americans are obese: https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-02-27/us-obesity-rate-passes-40-percent https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/... When you add in all the other things that count as comorbidities here, you're probably looking at like 75%.
- bshanks 6y agoTo add to your point, here is a paper with data on this: https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/how-many-adults-are-at-risk-of-serious-illness-if-infected-with-coronavirus/ https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/how-man...