Her cardiologist told her "stay home, because if you get COVID you will die".
She caught it in march or April, stayed in bed for 15 days.
She fully recovered. I saw her this summer, if she didn't tell me I wouldn't have guessed she had it.
So don't worry too much, even if you're a big risk death isn't guaranteed apparently ;)
For me when I read your statement it almost comes across as a "well I got wasted and drove home drunk and made it home safely (not self driving vehicle FWIW), therefore I should always go home drunk and maybe advocate that my friends should try it to". Now I'm not saying thats what you are writing but it's a bit unclear.
My point was: don't live in fear.
[belatedly saw your later remarks about Neanderthals] - agreed, this new info about genetic heritage doesn't itself warrant acute panic, but it's easy to seem glibly dismissive of all risk. Keep safe, and with luck your local medics will get enough rest that when you arrive at their doors with some non-COVID condition they'll be able to help.
That doesn't change the risk calculation.
Risk factors are about probabilities, not certainties. Anyone who has even rudimentary exposure to statistics will understand this.
One single heartwarming anecdote does not invalidate the fact that the odds didn't work out for 1.4 million people world wide.
Why do you think that cardiologist made it in the first place?
Is it possible that the cardiologist's prediction was sane even though it was wrong in this case?
What I mean is don't fret over your Neanderthal great great [...] grandpa that might transmitted you a bad gene for COVID.
I'm only going off of what you said:
> "don't live in fear", even the worse prognosis doesn't automatically leads to death.
> So don't worry too much, even if you're a big risk death isn't guaranteed apparently ;)
It's pretty clear to me that you are saying that we shouldn't try to avoid catching COVID-19, even though it presents a significant mortal risk, because that would be "living in fear".
At least, that is what you were saying until your most recent comment.
> What I mean is don't fret over your Neanderthal great great [...] grandpa that might transmitted you a bad gene for COVID.
I mean, you could have said that in the first place. Instead, you brought up a story about a woman who had cardiac problems, which totally shifted the conversation away from Neanderthal DNA.
If the story you brought up was supposed to be an allegory for people worrying about Neanderthal DNA, then there are a couple things to consider:
1. No one is equating Neanderthal DNA to cardiac disease as a risk factor for COVID-19 mortality.
2. Choosing not to worry about cardiac disease as a risk factor for COVID-19 mortality is clearly a bad idea, even if some people with cardiac disease don't die to COVID-19.
Say bye to your karma then