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In reply to the discussion: It's not the flu. You may not want to read this, but you need to. [View all]BGBD
(3,282 posts)34. That's....
not what's it is saying. It is claiming that people who died from it had that much of their lives taken away. That on its own it suspect enough based on the method they used to get to it...
According to the years-lost scale of the World Health Organization, a person aged 81 who died of COVID-19 has lost 14 years of his life. While those who died in their fifties without any underlying conditions has lost around 35.81 years.
I don't know that we can assume a person is going to live to 95 just because they are healthy at 81, or that they will live to 90 because they are healthy in their 50s.
I definitely know that we are decades away from knowing what kind of effects COVID-19 infections will have on someone throughout their lives.
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This is a superb article, full of interesting facts. Definitely worth reading. n/t
CaliforniaPeggy
Jul 2020
#1
Dayum! I'm sure glad I'm masking and distancing and sanitizing and hand-washing! I don't want
abqtommy
Jul 2020
#4
we wash our produce with soap and hot water and wipe down all containers with wipes
yellowdogintexas
Jul 2020
#27
are there any long term effects for asymptomatics or those with mild symptoms?
AlexSFCA
Jul 2020
#10
So you can get shingles and then get the immunization and prevent another episode?
captain queeg
Jul 2020
#41
We have known for decades the connection between chicken pox and shingles.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jul 2020
#35
This is some nasty stuff. I'm going to keep doing what I've done since early March,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2020
#14
It is this macro-analysis and new micro findings about COVID 19 that make this a novel coronavirus
lambchopp59
Jul 2020
#31