[TangledUpInBlue]

Yes, RIP. But this sensationalized headline and article should have lead with: "He had a history of asthma and frequent bronchitis as a child"

[littleharbour]

99% of the deaths in Italy have been connected to the patient having one or more pre-existing medical conditions.

[Sarah Barracuda]

yeah notice how they fail to put that lil tidbit in the headline

[babble-on]

25 million people in the US have asthma. That doesn’t count people who had it as children and grew out of it.

[Travis McGee]

The old and weak get sick and die first, NOT ONLY.

The old and weak take all the ICU beds and ventilators, and many won’t make it.

DO NOT mistake this for the fallacy that CV only kills and injures the old and weak!

They just get to the ICU first, and glut the initial death reports.

This is a clear lesson from Italy.

[funfan]

And cancer.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Not only a history of respiratory problems but recently had cancer GEEZE I guess that tid bit of info was important enough to put in the first paragraph!!!

[luckystarmom]

Screw you. My whole family and I have asthma. A little compassion would be nice.

It’s frightening to worry not just about me but my 23 year old daughters an my husband.

[ClayinVA]

As someone who has both of these, the teenage cancer was probably what killed him. He didn’t have much of a normal immune system would be my guess.