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For Seniors Especially, Covid Can Be Stealthy
NYTimes ^ | 07 Jul 2021 | Paula Span

Posted on 08/08/2021 3:05:54 AM PDT by blueplum

... a large-scale new study in the Journals of Gerontology provides a timely warning: Covid can look different in older patients.....

...when the researchers combed through the electronic health records of nearly 5,000 people, all over the age of 65, who were hospitalized for Covid at a dozen Northwell hospitals in March and April of 2020, they found that one-third had arrived with other symptoms, unexpected ones.

The team, searching through records using language software, found that about one-quarter of older patients reported a functional decline. “This was falls, fatigue, weakness, difficulty walking or getting out of bed,” Dr. Marziliano said...

...The rate of atypical symptoms rose significantly with age, affecting about 31 percent of those aged 65 to 74, but more than 44 percent of those over 85. These symptoms occurred more commonly in women, in Black patients (but not in Hispanics) and in those who had other chronic diseases, particularly diabetes or dementia...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: ccpvirus; coronavirus; covid19; covidinseniors; covidwarningsigns; flubras; flubros; justacold; justtheflu; nytgarbage
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1 posted on 08/08/2021 3:05:54 AM PDT by blueplum
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https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/advance-article/doi/10.1093/gerona/glab171/6323798


2 posted on 08/08/2021 3:07:37 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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For ‘Fake-Views Falsie’ it manifests itself by his not sticking to one opinion longer than a sleep cycle


3 posted on 08/08/2021 3:08:36 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: blueplum

I was watching the flu deaths at the time covid hit, and suddenly about 18 months or so ago they stopped being reported. So the good news is that covid cured the flu... ;^)


4 posted on 08/08/2021 3:17:16 AM PDT by ProfessorGoldiloxx
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I don’t read the NY Times, nor do I gave their views any credence. It is a propaganda sheet. And has been for a long time.


5 posted on 08/08/2021 3:21:33 AM PDT by Blennos ( )
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These “atypical” COVID cases sound tome more like other problems “with COVID”. How does one tell the difference?


6 posted on 08/08/2021 3:48:35 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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More dangerous than covid is pneumonia. Of course though the CDC and media labels these deaths covid.


7 posted on 08/08/2021 3:48:49 AM PDT by Ron H.
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when the researchers combed through the electronic health records

That doesn’t faze anyone?

It does me.


8 posted on 08/08/2021 3:57:16 AM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: ProfessorGoldiloxx

I don’t think covid cured the flu, It’s there’s still, flu A and B circulating. But lockdowns and not working and socializing had an effect (along with zero chinese tourists). Covid went from a 1 to 2 infections to a 1 to 5 infections while flu stayed at 1 to 1. So even with reduced contact, covid would spread faster than flu.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/flu-vs-covid19.htm


9 posted on 08/08/2021 4:02:11 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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sorry, gave the wrong link, here the flu one:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm


10 posted on 08/08/2021 4:04:28 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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NYT or no, the red meat is a study published in The Journals of Gerontology, which I linked. So you don’t even have to go to the NYT at all. I know, I’m nice. You’re welcome.


11 posted on 08/08/2021 4:07:45 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: ProfessorGoldiloxx
I was watching the flu deaths at the time covid hit, and suddenly about 18 months or so ago they stopped being reported. So the good news is that covid cured the flu... ;^)

Coinciding with the fact that the PCR used to determine if one has COVID cannot differentiate between Covid-19 and the flu. Hence the CDC this past month has issued a statement to people applying this test to stop and use an actual reliable method for testing.

12 posted on 08/08/2021 4:12:11 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Sounds like getting old to me.


13 posted on 08/08/2021 5:14:26 AM PDT by redangus
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Thank goodness—I need a jab of the latest fear porn!


14 posted on 08/08/2021 5:25:44 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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The researchers used metadata only—your privacy is absolutely safe....

unless they hit the wrong key....!


15 posted on 08/08/2021 5:26:48 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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covid would spread faster than flu

Actually, according to the numbers, covid spread wildly while flu was halted! (Mortality - The PIC mortality rate is the rate of deaths attributed to pneumonia, influenza, or COVID-19. This year, the majority of PIC deaths were due to COVID-19. 646 deaths were attributed to the flu.) If masking, distancing, and lockdowns halted the seasonal flu why didn't the same happen for covid?

16 posted on 08/08/2021 5:49:24 AM PDT by eeriegeno (A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State....)
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Cancel culture censored the flu—easy peasy.


17 posted on 08/08/2021 6:04:49 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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So there we have it, Natural Aging and associated deterioration of health is caused by Covid. Who knew?


18 posted on 08/08/2021 6:05:03 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: blueplum

Sounds more like they got the shot.


19 posted on 08/08/2021 6:17:00 AM PDT by roving
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Ninja virus 🦠


20 posted on 08/08/2021 7:31:03 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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