Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

The New Coffee Room

  1. TNCR
  2. General Discussion
  3. Likelihood of Covid death by age group

Likelihood of Covid death by age group

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
22 Posts 10 Posters 195 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • L Loki

    https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/coronavirus-leading-through-the-crisis/charting-the-path-to-the-next-normal/people-over-75-are-1000-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-than-teenagers#

    L Offline
    L Offline
    Loki
    wrote on last edited by
    #5

    60% of deaths are people older than 75. 80% over age 65.

    But we’ve known this forever. I’m quite sure the rates of death are greatly impacted by co-morbid conditions.

    If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

    CopperC George KG Aqua LetiferA 3 Replies Last reply
    • L Loki

      60% of deaths are people older than 75. 80% over age 65.

      But we’ve known this forever. I’m quite sure the rates of death are greatly impacted by co-morbid conditions.

      If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

      CopperC Offline
      CopperC Offline
      Copper
      wrote on last edited by
      #6

      @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

      If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

      Trump

      He had to look bad, nothing else mattered

      Really

      Doctor PhibesD 1 Reply Last reply
      • L Loki

        60% of deaths are people older than 75. 80% over age 65.

        But we’ve known this forever. I’m quite sure the rates of death are greatly impacted by co-morbid conditions.

        If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

        George KG Offline
        George KG Offline
        George K
        wrote on last edited by
        #7

        @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

        Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

        This is a rhetorical question, right?

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

        1 Reply Last reply
        • taiwan_girlT Offline
          taiwan_girlT Offline
          taiwan_girl
          wrote on last edited by
          #8

          I think one thing we are missing talking about in this forum thread is that it is not only dead people which are effected.

          Alot of people are sick and "recover" but still have problems.

          1 Reply Last reply
          • L Loki

            60% of deaths are people older than 75. 80% over age 65.

            But we’ve known this forever. I’m quite sure the rates of death are greatly impacted by co-morbid conditions.

            If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

            Aqua LetiferA Offline
            Aqua LetiferA Offline
            Aqua Letifer
            wrote on last edited by
            #9

            @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

            why I lost not only a year of my life

            That's horseshit. If some "young person" "lost a year of their life" it's their own fault and no one else's.

            Please love yourself.

            HoraceH 1 Reply Last reply
            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

              @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

              why I lost not only a year of my life

              That's horseshit. If some "young person" "lost a year of their life" it's their own fault and no one else's.

              HoraceH Offline
              HoraceH Offline
              Horace
              wrote on last edited by
              #10

              @aqua-letifer said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

              @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

              why I lost not only a year of my life

              That's horseshit. If some "young person" "lost a year of their life" it's their own fault and no one else's.

              Spoken like a true conservative.

              Education is extremely important.

              1 Reply Last reply
              • MikM Offline
                MikM Offline
                Mik
                wrote on last edited by
                #11

                The people who lost a year of their lives are the folks we basically imprisoned in nursing and assisted living facilities.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                Aqua LetiferA 1 Reply Last reply
                • MikM Mik

                  The people who lost a year of their lives are the folks we basically imprisoned in nursing and assisted living facilities.

                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #12

                  @mik said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                  The people who lost a year of their lives are the folks we basically imprisoned in nursing and assisted living facilities.

                  👆

                  But yeah, sure, let's vaccinate more young people and keep the older ones imprisoned, that really fucking helps everything.

                  Please love yourself.

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  • MikM Offline
                    MikM Offline
                    Mik
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #13

                    They are starting to open things up in the homes We can now see my MIL again under controlled circumstances. But the damage this past year did to her is perhaps crueler than taking her chances.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    • Doctor PhibesD Offline
                      Doctor PhibesD Offline
                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                      #14

                      My two teenage children struggled, but neither lost a year of their lives, my son took a year out of college and worked, my daughter is in high school. The people who lost years of their lives are the ones who died.

                      I was only joking

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      • CopperC Copper

                        @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                        If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

                        Trump

                        He had to look bad, nothing else mattered

                        Really

                        Doctor PhibesD Offline
                        Doctor PhibesD Offline
                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #15

                        @copper said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                        @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                        If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

                        Trump

                        He had to look bad, nothing else mattered

                        Really

                        Yeah, obviously that's why Europe went into lockdown. Donald Trump.

                        I was only joking

                        CopperC 1 Reply Last reply
                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          @copper said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                          @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                          If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

                          Trump

                          He had to look bad, nothing else mattered

                          Really

                          Yeah, obviously that's why Europe went into lockdown. Donald Trump.

                          CopperC Offline
                          CopperC Offline
                          Copper
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #16

                          @doctor-phibes said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                          @copper said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                          @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                          If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

                          Trump

                          He had to look bad, nothing else mattered

                          Really

                          Yeah, obviously that's why Europe went into lockdown. Donald Trump.

                          The question wasn't why lockdown.

                          It was about the focus.

                          In this country, and much of the world, the focus was Mr. Trump, all year long.

                          How many stories about the vulnerable were published last summer or fall? A few about the nursing homes in NY, but the focus of those was mostly the governor.

                          Doctor PhibesD 1 Reply Last reply
                          • CopperC Copper

                            @doctor-phibes said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                            @copper said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                            @loki said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                            If I were young I would have lots of questions around why I lost not only a year of my life but my job prospects too. Why didn’t the scientists and media truly focus on the most vulnerable?

                            Trump

                            He had to look bad, nothing else mattered

                            Really

                            Yeah, obviously that's why Europe went into lockdown. Donald Trump.

                            The question wasn't why lockdown.

                            It was about the focus.

                            In this country, and much of the world, the focus was Mr. Trump, all year long.

                            How many stories about the vulnerable were published last summer or fall? A few about the nursing homes in NY, but the focus of those was mostly the governor.

                            Doctor PhibesD Offline
                            Doctor PhibesD Offline
                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #17

                            @copper said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                            In this country, and much of the world, the focus was Mr. Trump, all year long.

                            Not when it came to the pandemic. The only time my British friends mentioned Trump really was to comfort themselves with the thought that whilst Bo-Jo is a complete plonker, it could always be worse.

                            I was only joking

                            taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply
                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              @copper said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                              In this country, and much of the world, the focus was Mr. Trump, all year long.

                              Not when it came to the pandemic. The only time my British friends mentioned Trump really was to comfort themselves with the thought that whilst Bo-Jo is a complete plonker, it could always be worse.

                              taiwan_girlT Offline
                              taiwan_girlT Offline
                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #18

                              @doctor-phibes said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                              @copper said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                              In this country, and much of the world, the focus was Mr. Trump, all year long.

                              Not when it came to the pandemic. The only time my British friends mentioned Trump really was to comfort themselves with the thought that whilst Bo-Jo is a complete plonker, it could always be worse.

                              Same in the Far East. President Trump was obviously in the news, but not really about the pandemic.

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              • HoraceH Horace

                                Both my 80+ parents survived COVID without any real issue. Recovered in two weeks. With my dad on his death bed with cancer all across his body. It's a strange disease. There must be some genetic marker(s) that could tell us which among us are susceptible to bad cases.

                                markM Offline
                                markM Offline
                                mark
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #19

                                @horace said in Likelihood of Covid death by age group:

                                Both my 80+ parents survived COVID without any real issue. Recovered in two weeks. With my dad on his death bed with cancer all across his body. It's a strange disease. There must be some genetic marker(s) that could tell us which among us are susceptible to bad cases.

                                Neandertal DNA

                                https://www.pnas.org/content/118/9/e2026309118

                                Significance
                                We show that a haplotype on chromosome 12, which is associated with a ∼22% reduction in relative risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19 when infected by SARS-CoV-2, is inherited from Neandertals. This haplotype is present at substantial frequencies in all regions of the world outside Africa. The genomic region where this haplotype occurs encodes proteins that are important during infections with RNA viruses.

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                • MikM Offline
                                  MikM Offline
                                  Mik
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #20

                                  alt text

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
                                    Doctor PhibesD Offline
                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #21

                                    Horace wouldn't be seen dead in that sweater

                                    I was only joking

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    • MikM Offline
                                      MikM Offline
                                      Mik
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #22

                                      No self respecting Neanderthal would. And he's from Wisconsin, y'know. Chock full of 'em.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      Reply
                                      • Reply as topic
                                      Log in to reply
                                      • Oldest to Newest
                                      • Newest to Oldest
                                      • Most Votes


                                      • Login

                                      • Don't have an account? Register

                                      • Login or register to search.
                                      • First post
                                        Last post
                                      0
                                      • Categories
                                      • Recent
                                      • Tags
                                      • Popular
                                      • Users
                                      • Groups