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It wasn't just diabetes or being overweight, the article mentions heart disease, lung disease, and dementia. Half of them were 88 years or older. They died eith
by sorenjan 6y ago
It wasn't just diabetes or being overweight, the article mentions heart disease, lung disease, and dementia. Half of them were 88 years or older. They died either in their homes or in hospice.
If you look at the official statistics for the whole country right now, 26% of all dead where 90 years or older, and 41% 80-89 years old. Most of them weren't just a bit out of shape, they were already sick.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoI mentioned heart disease. Heart disease is very common, and nowadays, a lot of people live productive lives despite it. If someone is managing their heart disease and living their life, and CoVID-19 comes along and kills them, that's still a tragedy.
- sorenjan 6y agoIf they're managing their heart disease and living their life they're not living in a hospice, which the people in that particular study did.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoAnd yet they're still at elevated risk of death if they get CoVID-19, which they probably will if a "herd immunity" strategy is followed. The frustrating thing is that many people will then downplay their death by saying they had a comorbidity.