re: Age of Louisiana covid patients

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This is an observation that some doctors in my family have noted. They aren't as confident in their understanding of the real Covid risk factors that contribute to hospitalization or death as they were a few months ago.

Anecdotal. But probably not any less reliable than the crap people are pulling off of facebook or CNN.

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In general I think we all get that being in poor shape is bad, especially when things come along to stress your systems.

However...from the beginning, I have wondered whether there is some absolute factor around who this virus or any virus affects. Blood type was thrown around, I have heard no conclusions or studies or data analysis (also haven't looked for it). What about genetics? Viruses attack on a molecular level, I'm sure genes could play a role. No idea how - but fat unhealthy people have barely gotten affected and some people I know who run 10 miles a day have. There is a reason.