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Re: Not Often I Agree With Lou Holtz - But Maybe This

Aug 20, 2020, 11:55 AM

Where are all these people who think that COVID equals a death sentence? I certainly know people who are 70+ who don't want to take their chances, but other than that I haven't seen all of this fear over death.

I will say this though. People keep saying that it's only people who are 55+ and/or people with diabetes or heart conditions who are really at risk as if the number of those people is very small or something. There are over 34 million diabetics in the US currently, and over 71 million people aged 60+ in the US. There's also an estimated 121 million people in the US with some sort of heart condition. Now, of course many people in the figures I just mentioned will overlap and be counted in 2 or all 3 of those figures, but that's nearly 1/3 of the population that's considered to be at high risk based on the heart condition factor alone.

I don't say any of that to say anyone should panic, and I'm not in a panic myself as I've mostly gone about my life as normal aside from my employer having us all work from home which isn't my choice, and wearing masks in public. I'm just saying that people always throw out those numbers as if only a very small percentage of people are actually at a higher risk. It's nearly impossible for 1/3 of the population to avoid the other 2/3 which is why everyone should take proper precautions such as wearing masks, washing their hands, and respecting proper distance where possible. I don't say any of that to mean that football shouldn't be played as I hope that it is.

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Yet even with that astounding percentage of comorbidities the average age of a covid death is higher than the average life expectancy in this country.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/512768-americans-misperceive-the-risks-of-death-from

Americans misperceive the risks of death from coronavirus, research shows

A joint Franklin Templeton-Gallup survey found Americans underestimate the coronavirus mortality rate for those aged 55 and older.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/health/medical/people-under-40-account-for-55-25-of-victorias-covid-cases-but-only-6-25-of-deaths/ar-BB17R2YS

People under 40 account for 55% of Victoria's Covid cases but only 6% of deaths

More than half of Victoria’s active cases of Covid-19 are in people aged 39 years old and younger, while less than 6% of the state’s deaths have been in the same age group, data from the Department of Health shows. The data included all cases of the virus and deaths up to 11 August. The age group with the highest amount of active cases is 20-29 years, with 1,823 infections. There have been no deaths in the state in this age group. Four deaths...

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