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> prevents serious illness and death Only in 60+ patients with co-morbidity.
by mnouquet 5y ago
> prevents serious illness and death
Only in 60+ patients with co-morbidity.
- Diederich 5y agoI personally know two people under 60 without any co-morbidities die from Covid19. The bug is statistically less dangerous to that group, but it is still pretty dangerous.
- barbazoo 5y ago>> prevents serious illness and death > Only in 60+ patients with co-morbidity. That's false. See [1] for data on deaths by age in the US. There's about 115,000 deaths in the age groups < 65 as of May 2021. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...
- caeril 5y agoGP should have said "or with co-morbidities". Digging into the <60yo cohort, it's shockingly uncommon to find one who wasn't obese. A year of largely ineffective masking hysteria and not one noteworthy public health figure suggested putting down the donut to reduce the risk of death from COVID-19. We shuttered gyms and discouraged outdoor activity instead.
- nemothekid 5y ago>not one noteworthy public health figure suggested putting down the donut to reduce the risk of death from COVID-19 Great point. The overweight should have just lost 50 pounds in 30 days.
- DynamicStatic 5y agoNot sure if exactly that fast is possible but at least in 2 months it is.
- gremlinsinc 5y agoWhat about that broadway actor who was 40 or so, young kid, had his leg amputated spent like 120 days in ICU and didn't make it? Pretty sure he wasn't obese.
- callmejoe 5y agoanecdotes are not evidence. you're using a sample size of 1 to prove your point?
- mnouquet 5y agoVariation on a theme. Make my comment <50 and you're down to 20k deaths.
- d3nj4l 5y agoAbsolute insanity that people are still peddling this. Here in India I've seen people in their late 20s and 30s drop like flies from COVID.