Re:Comparing Covid-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is Like Comparing...
by malandrew on Friday May 01, 2020 @11:45AM
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The number of young people that are healthy (no pre-existing conditions like being overweight, diabetes or high blood pressure) that that experience what you describe is extremely rare.
Re:Comparing Covid-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is Like Comparing...
by ceejayoz on Friday May 01, 2020 @11:49AM
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> no pre-existing conditions like being overweight, diabetes or high blood pressure
Well over half the country ticks one of those boxes.
70% of Americans are either obese or overweight.
Re:Comparing Covid-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is Like Comparing...
by nradov on Friday May 01, 2020 @01:46PM
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The coronavirus is going to with us for a long time; we're unlikely to get a miracle cure or effective vaccine anytime soon. On average American adults are about 27lbs (12kg) above their healthy weight. That means if they start losing weight now at a safe, sustainable rate then most people can be down to a healthy weight in a year or so.
Obviously there is a huge amount of individual variation but most people can take steps to improve their individual odds of survival.
If you are relatively young and completely healthy, you spend a month in the hospital; get onto a ventilator for weeks requiring heavy sedation; lose your ability to walk, talk, feed yourself and brush your teeth; have to relearn how to swallow; maybe suffer a collapsed lung and upon release if you're lucky are confined to a wheelchair and physical therapy unable to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and return to your job.
Death is not the only negative outcome of this disease. "Recovery" from corona is sometimes the beginning of a long and slow struggle. I'm looking forward to any analysis on the economic cost of this.