Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ...
by s1artibartfast on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:37AM
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>A preprint I was reading yesterday noted an 8 fold increase in risk of stroke in COVID patients vs severe flu patients.
The problem I have with these statement is the lack of context. Does the additional risk of stroke in COVID patients meaningfully impact the overall risk profile? If an elderly person has say a X% chance of death from COVID, and a 0.00X% of stroke, news reporting on this for public consumption is just fear mongering.
The problem I have with these statement is the lack of context. Does the additional risk of stroke in COVID patients meaningfully impact the overall risk profile? If an elderly person has say a X% chance of death from COVID, and a 0.00X% of stroke, news reporting on this for public consumption is just fear mongering.