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2020-04-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Coronaplague Roundup: Age, obesity are biggest risk factors for hospitalization

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Posted by Fred 2020-04-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 NYU researchers found certain risk factors like age, obesity and chronic illness can lead to an increased risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients.

Something seems to be missing here, for some reason /s

Posted by KBK 2020-04-15 00:14|| 2020-04-15 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like certain risk factors like age, obesity and chronic illness can lead to an increased risk of hospitalization period.

It may be anecdotal, I understand.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-15 00:39|| 2020-04-15 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 tl;dr: Being unhealthy makes it easier to die

Posted by SteveS 2020-04-15 01:45|| 2020-04-15 01:45|| Front Page Top

#4 slowly at first...

Posted by Lex 2020-04-15 02:14|| 2020-04-15 02:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Fat, careless, and stupid found to all be contributing factors.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-15 02:17|| 2020-04-15 02:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Now, some of us are just short for our weight.
Where does that fit in the stats?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-15 02:44|| 2020-04-15 02:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Not too "high". (Lol)

Posted by Clem 2020-04-15 05:38|| 2020-04-15 05:38|| Front Page Top

#8 But I am being told by the media that you are healthy at any size and in fact I should be celebrating spandex-clad land whales for their bravery!

Could I have been, gulp, lied to?

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-04-15 07:32|| 2020-04-15 07:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Insty: Harvard Announces Salary And Hiring Freezes, Discretionary Spending Reductions, Potential Deferral Of Capital Projects, And Leadership Salary Cuts

Might need to tap that massive endowment $? Heh

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-15 07:57|| 2020-04-15 07:57|| Front Page Top

#10 I want all of you to remember how they targeted the military with the refinance whore and still are for mortgage cheap while they threw you in garbage cans in their basements medical files! Nothing has changed kids they are still fucking all of you! Six people sick on a ship and resign and thousands announced sick on the news with that mentality the person or persons who compromised national security should be killed! They are still ducking all of you! Heros they are all hero's well I knew real fire fighters during 911 etc they were just doing their civil service job not foundations savers! They are ducking all of you! We need a free meal and a fund raiser for nurses and doctors who are making thousands etc. In overtime who cannot afford food they are fucking heros! Scam scam scam when does the bullshit lie end!?!

Posted by Gromolet Snosing4764 2020-04-15 12:35|| 2020-04-15 12:35|| Front Page Top

#11 #9 US colleges received millions from China, Russia, Saudi Arabia...and didn't report it

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-15 13:04|| 2020-04-15 13:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Where have you gone, Joe Mendiola /
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you...
Wu Wu Wu

Posted by Lex 2020-04-15 16:46|| 2020-04-15 16:46|| Front Page Top

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