But plenty of people who are similarly unhealthy (obese, smokers etc.) live for years with those problems..Covid seems to be pushing them over the edge. Maybe

But plenty of people who are similarly unhealthy (obese, smokers etc.) live for years with those problems..Covid seems to be pushing them over the edge. Maybe a better question to ask would have been: typically do 1 in eight people who have been discharged from the hospital after non-covid issues and have the same co-morbidities as the group in the study die within 4 months?