Talk about lying with statistics to make an invalid point... Those "other illnesses" include conditions that are widely prevalent in the general population, hi

Talk about lying with statistics to make an invalid point... Those "other illnesses" include conditions that are widely prevalent in the general population, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma (present even in athletes), etc. Blood type A is strongly related to higher infection & death rates (~+45%). Vitamin D levels also show up in some studies of death rates. Moreover death is not the only key measure - large numbers of cases are also seeing serious long-term consequences, strokes, organ damage, overwhelming fatigue, etc. - especially in the young & otherwise healthy cases. While it is still early for studies, go check out "Covid long hauler" forums - you really don't want to risk this. tl;dr: this is 50-100X more deadly than flu, more contagious, and has far more serious & longer lasting consequences in substantial numbers of survivors. Suggesting that concerns should be minimized is foolish at best.