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Re:'Finally, a virus got me’: Scientist who fought Ebola and... by kshacker on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:13PM (#23127922)
Ok here is a random stat, by definition itself 10% of people will be in bottom 10 percentile of the health risk profile and at huge risk.

I am not countering you but the parent. Old age itself is a pre-existing condition and then we develop more for each day we live (obesity, heart attacks, diabetes). I know the numbers of true risk may be different but can we manage 5-15% of people falling extremely sick?

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Re:'Finally, a virus got me’: Scientist who fought Ebola and... by pixl97 on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:20PM (#23127981)
The US has an enormous population of elderly, obese, and diabetics. Trying to pick a random risk factor doesn't really work.
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Re:'Finally, a virus got me’: Scientist who fought Ebola and... by taeric on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:19PM (#23127972)
Strictly, this isn't right. You can have more than ten percent of a population below the tenth percentile of a measure. Consider how this stat squares the percentage of people with less than (or more than) the tenth percentile of finger count.
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