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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/99-25-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says/ar-BB11mr4X

Apparently in Italy 99% of those who died from the virus suffered from other illnesses. Only three deaths so far are attributed to people with no known underlying health issues. [/quote]

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More than 75% had high blood pressure, about 35% had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease.

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The average age of those who’ve died from the virus in Italy is 79.5. As of March 17, 17 people under 50 had died from the disease. All of Italy’s victims under 40 have been males with serious existing medical conditions.[/quote]

Thank you for sharing this. This info does not at all make me take the pandemic less seriously, because so many people in our country suffer form these problems. We're going to be in big trouble as a nation. My heart hurts for all those who will suffer, die, or lose family members. I also worry about our doctors and nurses, who are already short on protective equipment, and many of them are going to die. However, it does make me feel less anxious about my personal risk and my husband's personal risk, as we are both healthy, even though one of us is over 60. My husband has been wracked with anxiety about his personal risk. This is not good for his mental health or his physical health! But no matter what our personal risk is, we are still socially distancing because it is the responsible thing to do for our society.

It's so important that we keep these two risks separate in our minds. For many of us our personal risk is from coronavirus is low, but the risk to society is extremely high. Even if our personal risk is low, we must do what we can not to catch and spread the virus, and send a lot of people flooding into the hospitals.[/quote]

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