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In reply to the discussion: It's been at least 10 days and the SOB isn't dead [View all]former9thward
(32,005 posts)50. Most people his age do survive.
And most people in that age group are not in good shape. 5.6% of people 65 and older die if infected. Which means 94.4 % recover. And that is just using numbers from confirmed cases. Both the CDC and WHO estimate the infection rate in the population may be about 10 times the number we know about. That would mean the death rate among older people would be 0.56%. Not a deadly virus at all.
https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/06/23/coronavirus-covid-deaths-us-age-race-14863
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The point, of course, is that Trump's imminent demise from this or that has been predicted by some
onenote
Oct 2020
#38
Me too. I read somewhere that if he got the course of steroids that other patients get, he
Cousin Dupree
Oct 2020
#34
Don't forget about the C-19 "long haulers". They suffer symptoms weeks & months later! This is
Illumination
Oct 2020
#40
When you have the absolute best(costly) care a person can get. I guess they can keep you alive.
Afromania
Oct 2020
#15
The problem with Trump is he keeps going like the energizer Bunny. He hasn't given his body a rest.
katmondoo
Oct 2020
#17
Then again, he could have just been suffering from no lovins' from Melania, because she
Illumination
Oct 2020
#52
Whenever he does kick the bucket, there's one thing for sure...The medical community will be
Illumination
Oct 2020
#48
There have been 8 million cases of COVID in the US. Why is Cain's case a model for Trump?
onenote
Oct 2020
#63
So, at the first moment of diagnosis, get thee to hospital, get drug cocktail and it works?
lettucebe
Oct 2020
#64