94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows

Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by nradov on Thursday August 05, 2021 @03:11PM (#28078150)

Vaccines are great and very effective at preventing bad outcomes, but let's be realistic about risks. Very few people without an underlying health condition have died.

94.9% of hospitalizations had an underlying health condition. Mainly high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes.

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2021/21_0123.htm

99% of deaths in Italy had an underlying health condition.

https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/99-of-those-who-died-fr...

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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by bena on Thursday August 05, 2021 @03:19PM (#28078250)

You do know that about half of all people in the U.S. classify as having hypertension, right? It's not uncommon. People who look perfectly healthy and feel like nothing is wrong can have it.

You probably have it.

So if we're being "realistic about risks", we have to acknowledge that roughly half of all people who get COVID are going to have at least one "underlying health condition".

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