Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably because his family wants to remind people to take it seriously.

My grandmother and two aunts died of Covid too.

I thought old people were supposed to live forever!

Shut up you subhuman idiot. People lost family members and you go online showing the world you are stupid. Genius

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked with a vendor for my business. He unfortunately died of COVID in his 20s. He did not take the vaccine when it became available; this was back in 2021. It was really sad and awful.

Lots of people that took that vaccine died of covid nonetheless.

Sure, "lots" if "lots" means 17 times less likely than if you didn't take the vaccine. And that's data before the current boosters.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/united-states-rates-of-covid-19-deaths-by-vaccination-status

The covid vaxxed have lower death rates from non-covid illness too than the unvaxxed. Unless you think that the covid vaccine magically protects against non-covid illness as well, that points to health vaccinee bias; people who get the vaccine have better access to health care, less blue collar employment, higher incomes etc. than the unvaxxed and therefore have better outcomes for covid and non-covid illnesses. There are also statistical biases in US data. If hospitals reported unknown vaccine status for a covid patient, the CDC classified them as unvaxxed; one of the many ways that the tally of unvaxxed infections was boosted in US data.

In the UK, 95% of people dying from covid were vaxxed.

Meant PP, sorry.

Anonymous wrote:I know several elderly people who died during the first year of covid.

Here’s the thing: all of them had underlying conditions…so they were heading in that direction anyway. Covid just accelerated it.

Put another way: a healthy person without underlying issues—even if elderly—isn’t likely to die from covid.

My parents and in-laws (all of whom are in their 80s) got covid and survived. Nobody landed in the hospital. Why? No underlying health issues. Nobody is overweight. No reactive airway disease. Etc.

You're broadly correct of course, but please beware of overgeneralizing. Humans of all ages, *seemingly* healthy, have died of Covid. It's rare, but it happens. This is because millions of people walk about right now, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, with underlying disorders they know nothing about. I have a blood clotting disorder, for example, that was only discovered because my child was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease (that has a genetic predisposition) and I thought to get the same bloodwork to check. I have never had symptoms, but it makes me more vulnerable to certain complications. Rapid death due to Covid is associated with an overreaction of the immune systen and a blood clotting issue in target organs.

So you don't know, OP, who might be more vulnerable to what. YOU could have an underlying condition you don't know about.

I know several elderly people who died during the first year of covid.

Here’s the thing: all of them had underlying conditions…so they were heading in that direction anyway. Covid just accelerated it.

Put another way: a healthy person without underlying issues—even if elderly—isn’t likely to die from covid.

My parents and in-laws (all of whom are in their 80s) got covid and survived. Nobody landed in the hospital. Why? No underlying health issues. Nobody is overweight. No reactive airway disease. Etc.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry for your loss.

Np. I don't see this as a loss for op. They probably haven't thought of this teacher in years!

I do feel sorry for the teacher and his family.

At 85 he lived well over the average age for men. Something had to get him.

He was 85!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked with a vendor for my business. He unfortunately died of COVID in his 20s. He did not take the vaccine when it became available; this was back in 2021. It was really sad and awful.

Lots of people that took that vaccine died of covid nonetheless.

Sure, "lots" if "lots" means 17 times less likely than if you didn't take the vaccine. And that's data before the current boosters.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/united-states-rates-of-covid-19-deaths-by-vaccination-status

When people are that old, pulmonary illnesses are usually fatal. Before you know it, they can cause death rattle, and generally, there is no coming back from that.

Anonymous wrote:I worked with a vendor for my business. He unfortunately died of COVID in his 20s. He did not take the vaccine when it became available; this was back in 2021. It was really sad and awful.

Lots of people that took that vaccine died of covid nonetheless.

Anonymous wrote:My uncle died of Covid pre vaccines. He was 80 but very healthy and active.

Another geriatric died? Incredible!

I worked with a vendor for my business. He unfortunately died of COVID in his 20s. He did not take the vaccine when it became available; this was back in 2021. It was really sad and awful.

My uncle died of Covid pre vaccines. He was 80 but very healthy and active.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably because his family wants to remind people to take it seriously.

My grandmother and two aunts died of Covid too.

I thought old people were supposed to live forever!

Really, you want their lives ended early why? Inheritance?

85 years is certainly not early!