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Assuming your statistics are accurate, it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. You're comparing a risk factor of Covid in the general population to a study don
by ryanackley 5y ago
Assuming your statistics are accurate, it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. You're comparing a risk factor of Covid in the general population to a study done on 20-somethings who are strong and healthy enough to pass basic training.
It's a fact that hospitilization and comorbidities go up almost exponentially with age
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investi...
- wruza 5y agomilitary so mostly younger male who seem to be most at risk for this side effect I think they meant that being a military man usually means a daily heavy load on the heart while strong and healthy. A hundred push-ups after a cross-country run may or may not be worse for ones heart than getting up from a chair too quickly at the age of 70. Also, one of power training rules is to skip days with inflammation. These 0.002% of guys could simply ignore this rule for some reason and face pretty known consequences. So it’s apples-to-oranges, but with a huge offset.