This is breathlessly delivered non news.
Over 70% of seniors have high blood pressure. There is some variance men / women, but over 70% have that comorbidity, which will generally lead to others quickly.
It’s essentially normal for old folks to have these comorbidities so saying old folks with them die from the virus is saying nothing additional to . . . old folks more often die of the virus.
I’ve said this before.
If someone had prior conditions but they were likely to live a lot longer if they didn’t get covid then it’s reasonable to say they died of covid.
So saying “94% of COVID-19 Deaths Had “On Average 2-3 Other Potential Causes of Death””, doesn’t paint an accurate picture.
As I have posted several times my Mom “died” of COVID.
In fact:
She was nearly 90.
She smoked for 65 years, until age of 80.
She had CHF and was on oxygen.
She had “spots” on her lungs. Doc said it was probably lung cancer but treatment was not an option as she would not survive.
SO - COVID19 was kind of the “Last nail” as they say. BEFORE COVID19 we knew ANY bad respiratory event would likely cause her death.
MY PROBLEM - The Serial Killer, Governor Tom Wolf of PA, did nothing to secure nursing homes and yet implemented strict visitation prohibitions on family.
COVID19 entered the facility thru staff and NOT thru family visitation.
My Mom was on a very short time line at best. What tortures us is the ISOLATION imposed on her. My family feels guilty that she passed with NO family present. The only solace we have is knowing that a nurse who cared for my Mom and made my Mom her “pet patient” for years sat with her for hours until she passed.
Coronavirus kills 2 in Meth Lab Explosion. ~ CNN.
So roughly, 6% of 200,000 = 12,000 direct covid deaths? Out of 32,000,000 confirmed cases. So a .0375 mortality percentage.
Assuming rough numbers, do I have that right?
America’s obese chickens are coming home to roost.
Newsflash!
People in good health live longer and better lives.
Do everything possible to be in your best health.
They will either pull it down or call it a lie.
Facebook fact checkers are 96% former CNN employees.
An average of 2.6 comorbidities meaning more than half had three.
Obesity + Diabetes + Heart/circulatory problems
Have you seen people these days?
Bunch of Nadlers.
The remarkable thing about the pandemic is how few young people have died from it. It was very different during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-1920.
9200 out of 200,000 would be about 4.6 %.
Why cannot we open up all the businesses?
