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minus-squarejoshuaism [he/him]hexbear12·4 years agoMy grandmother with COPD caught it and came out alright. Seems completely random who gets dangerously sick and dies. link
minus-squaresappho [she/her]hexbear10·4 years agoI think there's a lot of factors we won't fully understand until years later, if at all, e.g. the potential of cross immunity from prior coronavirus infections, or the impact of initial viral load. link
minus-squarelvysaur [he/him]hexbear7·edit-24 years agoThe obesity/diabetes/asthmas is a non-issue unless you're in the 20% who get seriously ill. If you're in the 20% AND you have obesity/etc, then you die. If you're in the 20% but apparently healthy, then you just get lifelong-COVID. If you're in the 80% and obese, then it's "just a flu" link
My grandmother with COPD caught it and came out alright. Seems completely random who gets dangerously sick and dies.
I think there's a lot of factors we won't fully understand until years later, if at all, e.g. the potential of cross immunity from prior coronavirus infections, or the impact of initial viral load.
The obesity/diabetes/asthmas is a non-issue unless you're in the 20% who get seriously ill.
If you're in the 20% AND you have obesity/etc, then you die. If you're in the 20% but apparently healthy, then you just get lifelong-COVID.
If you're in the 80% and obese, then it's "just a flu"