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I see this every week at my work. Ages 50-80 are the most variable group in terms of overall physical health. Someone under 50 will almost always have a pep in their step, and someone over 80 will almost always move a little slower and carefully. But between 50 & 80, is anyone's guess. I've seen 50 years olds walking with oxygen tanks, and 75+ yr olds that swim and jog. That's the window of time lifestyle choices will usually catch up to you.
When I looked at the top 5 reasons for hospital admissions in Canada, I was surprised:
1. Giving Birth (that one doesn't count, that's a happy hospital admission)
2. COPD
3. Myocardial Infarction (heart attack)
4. Pneumonia
5. Heart Failure
I thought it'd be other things in the top 5. Things your hear about all the time like hip/knee surgeries, car accidents, diabetes complications, bypass surgeries, apendectomies etc.
But no, it's COPD as the #1, and Pneumonia right there. Things related to the damn smokes. We have a whole generation in this country that in their youth never had the benefit of knowing what cigarettes really do to your health, and by the time they knew it, they were addicted. Those people are right in the 50-70 zone right now. Many quit, but many didn't, and they're the ones making the COPD/Pneumonia group.
That is the the 60+ sub-cohort covid targets. Many are in-and-out of the hospital already with COPD, an are now being counted as covid if they happen to be positive. Detailed hospital data on this is very hard to find . It's in some kind of vault right now, but maybe one day it'll come out. When it does, I have a strong feeling this will be exposed as something that epidemiologically/statistically speaking, will have extremely littleimpact outside 80+ years olds (or 60+ with 80+ physiology).
When some sound, retrospective statistical studies are made on this, people will wonder why the heck we did this to ourselves, to our livelihoods and to our families.
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