Flu cases double in South Dakota

I’m healthy, late 50’s, on zero medication, however, I think it would be a tough battle for me, it could kill me, it’s killed far healthier. It is a worry ...

A recent study in the United States on NYC COVID-19 cases found that the most significant factors for hospitalization and critical illness due to COVID-19 are age and obesity:

“Factors associated with hospitalization and critical illness among 4,103 patients with COVID-19 disease in New York City”

From abstract:
Strongest hospitalization risks were:
1) age > 75 years (OR 66.8, 95% CI, 44.7-102.6)
2) age 65-74 (OR 10.9, 95% CI, 8.35-14.34)
3) BMI > 40 (OR 6.2, 95% CI, 4.2-9.3)
4) heart failure (OR 4.3 95% CI, 1.9-11.2)

- see https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.08.20057794v1

Avoid the virus, and you won't get exposed.

LOL! Do you have some kind of super secret Coronavirus black light that shows you at all times where the virus is lurking?

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