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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by DanBC on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:29AM (#25313392)
> and it is usually people that were on the way out.

You haven't looked at the data closely enough if you believe this.

Covid is killing people an average of 10 years early. Most of these people needed no assistance in their day to day life before they died. This isn't the frail, very elderly, population you think it is.

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by ReptileMan on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:41AM (#25313462)
I have seen extremely strong amplification of risk by stuff like obesity, diabetes and the rest of the metabolic syndrome buddies.

A lot of the dead were having chronic conditions or were already old.

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by gpderetta on Saturday December 05, 2020 @08:29AM (#25314385)
Turns out a lot of people have heart conditions or diabetes. Doesn't meant they were going to die.
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