[quote=svelte]
Let’s see…I have high blood pressure. My chance of dying from coronavirus is 6%. What percent chance of death do you think justifies closing of schools, banning large gatherings? Just curious.[/quote]
That’s not what the data say, though. All of the conditions mentioned are correlated to age … the study wasn’t controlled for age. If you have high blood pressure as a 35 year old, you likely have much lower chance of dying than 6%. If you’re 70 and have high blood pressure, you may have a 20% chance of dying. Statistics aren’t simple.
Should we protect against this thing? Absolutely. Should you panic and write your last will? Probably not.
