My wife is an ER doc and has said the same things. Diabetes is definitely a significant risk factor. This is one reason that the black community has been hit so heavily. Also, obesity - which isn’t unrelated to diabetes - is another big driver. If you’re over 60, hypertensive, obese and diabetic (which are three comorbidities that are frequently present in the same patient) and you get COVID, expect a not great outcome and potentially the worst outcome.
But, we’ve known this from very early on. What REALLY aggravates me is that these are the people who should have been isolating, not twentysomethings and children in perfect health. The virus is bad. The mismanagement was worse and perhaps more destructive in the long run.
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I agree entirely. It was completely politicized, The absence of an early therapeutic regimen has killed 10s of thousands. My neighbor was told to stay home and if he got worse, come into the hospital. He did and he did and then it was too late. He should have been on a therapeutic at the onset of positivity. This in my opinion has been the greatest calamity with this disease.
“If you’re over 60, hypertensive, obese and diabetic”
That describes my friend who died of covid. His skinny and non-diabetic wife caught it at the same time and only had a mild case.
I know of two very fit people without comorbidities who had severe cases that had them hospitalized for a month. One in his 30s, the other in his 60s.