> All persons with severe outcomes had at least one risk factor; 78% of persons who died had at least four.

It’s worth discussing what these risk factors are, since they’re a lot more common and broader than people imagine.

I myself have at least 4 CDC identified factors: I’m lactose intolerant, have an anxiety disorder, seasonal allergies and “caffeine dependency”.

While the overall number of adverse advents in my age range aren’t terribly concerning, the “at least 4 risk factors” discourse strikes me as terribly misleading because many of these “risk factors” that are used to handwave away deaths are common and utterly benign. How many other people in this industry have acne, are on the autism spectrum, suffer from depression, experience lower back pain?

Practically everyone I’ve ever worked with is probably pushing 4 factors.