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Who has a better chance of surviving covid
Some idle kid playing video games all day long?

Some old fart who still walks his five miles a day, jogging some of it?
or one who has to answer every post in the forum?
Not sure , but my money is on the jogger
 

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Not sure , but my money is on the jogger


Old people are likely 20 times as likely to die from Covid as young kids, BUT "old" people who walk or jog 5 miles a day are in a different category. Generally speaking, people, young or old, can do what they make up their minds to.
 
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But that doesn't preclude young people from dying which happens occasionally!
Young people die all the time from all kinds of things. Young lad I know has both kidneys failing. If he doesn't get a new one soon he will most likely die. And if he gets sick in the meantime they will blame his death on COVID19.
 

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Old people are likely 20 times as likely to die from Covid as young kids, BUT "old" people who walk or jog 5 miles a day are in a different category. Generally speaking, people, young or old, can do what they make up their minds to.
Just think, if they hadden't got all those impaired driving charges while they were young they would not be forced to walk now.
 

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Young people die all the time from all kinds of things. Young lad I know has both kidneys failing. If he doesn't get a new one soon he will most likely die. And if he gets sick in the meantime they will blame his death on COVID19.


A reputable doctor won't. That goes on the death certificate which is kept for all time. There would just be no advantage for a doctor to take that risk.
 

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I haven't been able to determine if all these new cases are people that got sick or tested positive. Big difference.


I think the tests they've developed are conclusive. Now I suppose there could be the question of "did he/she die with it or of it?
 

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I think the tests they've developed are conclusive. Now I suppose there could be the question of "did he/she die with it or of it?
Pretty much what I said. But we know that some death certificates say Covid19 when it was just the final nail in the coffin of someone that was already on the way out.
 

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Pretty much what I said. But we know that some death certificates say Covid19 when it was just the final nail in the coffin of someone that was already on the way out.
In the US the Feds are paying a $39K "cleaning bonus" to health care facilities for every covid death.
 

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In the US the Feds are paying a $39K "cleaning bonus" to health care facilities for every covid death.


Seems like a lot of money. I know there are sheets to be changed, his pajamas to be washed and basically a little vacuuming and tidying up the room for the next patient.