The other interesting thing about these stats and figures is this. Are postmortems carried out after a death with this virus? The reason I ask is there are millions upon millions in the world walking around with either diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, cholesterol, the list goes on, without knowing it or having them diagnosed . Are these conditions therefore found after death via a postmortem to add to the stats? If not then it could paint more of a positive picture for people with underlying conditions because apparently the death rate is low for those without. So thousands of "recovered" patients deemed "healthy" could indeed have un-diagnosed underlying conditions If you see what I mean!!!
In reference to this., Great post btw.
I was until I was DX an uncontrolled T2D...like many would have been.
I would think, that a simple blood test was done for many of those who died, on admission,
It's just what a hospital would do.
So abnormal blood would present, without the need for any part mortems.
Add in that pre this, the worry for the NHS, was the predicted tsunami of T2D.
Rather unsurprising that many who died, as mentioned would be elderly AND have other pre-existing conditions. Including diabetes, diagnosed pre covid or post covid in hospital.
If post hospitalisation, that does skew the figures considerably, but they are still worthy of note.
Surely better managed is more beneficial then unmanaged.
The best we can do, is try to stay as healthy as possible, for as long as possible.