Yes the risk of dying under 40 is extremely low, like 175 times lower than an 85 year old. It doesnt mean your lungs wont have some long term damage from it, but many people seem to just not get that sick with this thing. Latest study says 40% of transmission is from people with no symptoms at all.
Obesity, advanced age, renal or liver failure, etc. Higher risk of severe dz. But then randomly it can take a 45 year old otherwise healthy person and put them prone on high flow o2 in the hospital for several weeks. Happened to two personal friends, neither one with any comorbidities. On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 7:36 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This guy I bought the limping E500 from is a respiratory tech. He has > been working flat-out for months at a MUSC facility in Orangeburg, which > is like 40mi away and pretty rural. He has had LOTS of patients and > many fatalities from the covids. It really affected him. He was > telling me that almost all of them were morbidly obese, basically train > wrecks with multiple co-morbidities like diabetes, heart disease, > respiratory issues, etc., older, and generally did not practice a > healthful lifestyle. Almost no younger people or people in otherwise > good health. > > So there you go. > > --FT > > On 1/14/21 11:53 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > > There is pretty general consensus on vaccinating 75 year olds. The > federal > > decision to make it available to everyone over 65 is a bit more > > controversial; 40% of the deaths have been nursing home patients and many > > feel the oldest should be vaccinated first. > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
