Time to get back to work--and LIFE

[ruppsrunt]

In New York City, an epicenter of the pandemic with more than one-third of all U.S. deaths, the rate of death for people 18 to 45 years old is 0.01 percent, or 11 per 100,000 in the population. On the other hand, people aged 75 and over have a death rate 80 times that. For people under 18 years old, the rate of death is zero per 100,000.

Of 6,570 confirmed COVID-19 deaths fully investigated for underlying conditions to date, 6,520, or 99.2 percent, had an underlying illness. If you do not already have an underlying chronic condition, your chances of dying are small, regardless of age. And young adults and children in normal health have almost no risk of any serious illness from COVID-19.

thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494034-the-data-are-in-stop-the-panic-and-end-the-total-isolation

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[houstoncat]

I am curious lets say you have or are pre diabetic and hbp and are over 65 (but take medications for that say metformin for the pre type 2 and bp medicine) what are stats on that i wonder for recovery if you get diagnosed. Also what are stats on if somone refuses ventilator for alternative like bipap and cpap for aid. I dont expect you to have this RR i am curious as to if they are keeping that we should have a good data base. They want us to follow the science but we as individuals need information to make these life decisions seems to me a lot of these docs are thinking straight line and not looking at the individual JMO of course but treatment should not necessarily be flow chart decisions

[ruppsrunt]

I read that high BP meds can increase the virus attack. And, also--it is another FAKE claim.

"We suggest that patients with cardiac diseases, hypertension, or diabetes, who are treated with ACE2-increasing drugs, are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 infection and, therefore, should be monitored for ACE2-modulating medications, such as ACE inhibitors or ARBs."

and;
And the European Society of Cardiology Council on Hypertension dismissed the researchers' concerns.

"Speculation about the safety of ACE-inhibitor or ARB treatment in relation to COVID-19 does not have a sound scientific basis or evidence to support it," the ESC panel said, according to Medscape.

www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/blood-pressure-medications-virus-outbreak-pandemic/2020/03/17/id/958643/

as with most everything about this china flu---there are opposing beliefs about everything!!

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[ruppsrunt]

another "report";
health.usnews.com/conditions/articles/managing-high-blood-pressure-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic

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[houstoncat]

The thing about hbp ismany many peeps have it whether known or not. Its just another thing iit might affect part of the seal you house against everything recommendations