If a person is under 70 and has no comorbidity issues the COVID mortality rate is very, very low...on par with the common cold or influenza.
Thanks for enlightening me there Dr Magnum. Oddly enough though, I personally know of 2 under 70 that have died. Neither had other health issues. Another friends father is in the hospital now on a ventilator and not doing well at all. Have had 2 co-workers hospitalized, one in his mid 40's, other mid 50's. Thats 5 people that I personally know that have died or been seriously ill in just the past few months. I don't know anyone ever being hospitalized or dying from the common cold or the flu.
We lost a wonderful young man this past week. Luke Letlow, Congressman elect from LA, to be sworn in next week. Got the 'Rona, was in the hospital in Monroe, then transfered to LSU teaching hospital in Shreveport, then in ICU, then in trouble. Reportedly he had an MI that was COVID related. The big, University Hospital in Shreveport is probaly as good a place as he could have been. So, I know he got state of the art care.
Covid can cause weird stuff, like an intense vasculitis and also clotting issues, which probably led to his fatal MI. And that's separate from the Cytokine storm that usually takes'em out at the end. So, you have light or even asymtomatic cases, then catestropic cases like this. Luke was 41, in the prime of his life, in great shape, leaves a wife and two young children. And, he was a staunch conservative. We can't afford to lose guys like him.
DF
