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JeanTate · 28th June 2020, 12:52 PM

More merino thinking ...

Originally Posted by The Atheist

Without one, it's going to become endemic, so we certainly need one.

The alternative is to get used to three-score years and ten as your lot all over again.

A recent Kaiser Health News article (“Fearing The Deadly Combo Of COVID-19 And Cancer”, link later) referenced a study “which reviewed records of more than 1,000 adult cancer patients who had tested positive for COVID-19, found that 13% had died. That’s compared with the overall U.S. mortality rate of 5.9%, according to Johns Hopkins. I do not know what the age distribution of those 1k was, but surely a lot of the 87% who didn’t die were in their 70+s.

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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

28th June 2020, 12:52 PM	#107
JeanTate Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 4,001	More merino thinking ... Originally Posted by The Atheist Without one, it's going to become endemic, so we certainly need one. The alternative is to get used to three-score years and ten as your lot all over again. A recent Kaiser Health News article (“Fearing The Deadly Combo Of COVID-19 And Cancer”, link later) referenced a study “which reviewed records of more than 1,000 adult cancer patients who had tested positive for COVID-19, found that 13% had died. That’s compared with the overall U.S. mortality rate of 5.9%, according to Johns Hopkins. I do not know what the age distribution of those 1k was, but surely a lot of the 87% who didn’t die were in their 70+s. Quote: <snip> If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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