65 of 65 with pre-existing conditions

[Klaus]

The city of Hamburg is unique in that it had all its COVID-19 fatalities examined in detail by a pathologist..

According to that study, every single one of those cases had severe pre-existing conditions. According to the pathologist who led the study, most of those patients would have likely died within the next 12 months even without COVID-19.

[jon-nyc]

Interesting. What’s so special about Hamburg? Does he have a theory?

[Klaus]

Maybe nothing is special about Hamburg. The statistical power of the study is limited due to the small number of cases, but unless other pathological studies suggest something else, maybe that's a trend that generalizes.

[taiwan_girl]

It is somewhat common sense, but maybe what is different is that 100% had the preexisting condition.

But it would still be expected that quite a high number would be in this category.

I often think when I hear about a heat wave that goes through a city and a certain number of people die. If you already have problems, then of course any out of the ordinary situations will do more stress on your body.

[Horace]

100% of Germans have a pre-existing condition of being German.

[Improviso]

[Mik]

I think he is saying Hamburgers are not healthy. But we knew that.

[George K]

@Mik