Posted on 04/15/2020 1:06:04 PM PDT by Bogle
"There are 5,808 cases of the flu confirmed in South Dakota. The South Dakota Department of Health says the flu is widespread and the severity is high. Over 1,000 of these cases were confirmed in a single week."
(Excerpt) Read more at keloland.com ...
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
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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