> prevents serious illness and death
Only in 60+ patients with co-morbidity.
Only in 60+ patients with co-morbidity.
The bug is statistically less dangerous to that group, but it is still pretty dangerous.
> Only in 60+ patients with co-morbidity.
That's false. See [1] for data on deaths by age in the US. There's about 115,000 deaths in the age groups < 65 as of May 2021.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...
Digging into the <60yo cohort, it's shockingly uncommon to find one who wasn't obese.
A year of largely ineffective masking hysteria and not one noteworthy public health figure suggested putting down the donut to reduce the risk of death from COVID-19.
We shuttered gyms and discouraged outdoor activity instead.
Great point. The overweight should have just lost 50 pounds in 30 days.