I think the average age of death from Covid is right around the normal average age of death.
America is also full of fat, unhealthy people.
If you use drugs, smoke, are an alcoholic, or fat as hell, it doesn’t help your chances.
Agree.
What we won't know for quite some time is whether getting COVID, even without symptoms, or getting a COVID vaccine will lead to long-term health issues.
What we *do* know is we're never going to punish those responsible for the funding, development, and release of this biological weapon.
HG better be careful
America is also full of fat, unhealthy people.
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Yes, indeed. It was actually uncommon for children and adults to be overweight, and very, very rare for a person to be obese when I was growing up in the 70’s. But now I would guesstimate at least 50% are overweight or obese. Men, women and children.
Yes, I believe you are right give or take a year. Median life expectancy for Americans is 78. Median age of death with covid is also 78.
I am not one of those who says “it’s just the flu”, it’s a serious virus, but the likelihood of it causing death in and of itself is lower than the numbers tell. People are dying because of comorbidities, weakened immune system that comes with aging in general (some better than others), obesity, diabetes, and other conditions that are exacerbated by the presence of the infection, the inflammation and the energy required by the body to fight the virus. Heart has to pump harder, lungs can’t deliver oxygen to vital organs, etc. For the frail, something is likely to break.
On the other hand, I have seen (online) x-rays of lung scarring from covid infection. It can be very serious for many. Perplexingly, it also seems that for a lot more people they never develop any symptoms at all. Never even knew they had it. Not sure why. It’s a very strange virus - from this layman’s perspective.