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<blockquote data-quote="zibi1" data-source="post: 2264226" data-attributes="member: 26651"><p>Exactly. As the doctors who put together the study suggest, age remains, by far, the highest risk factor in determining COVID outcomes. The average age of people with Type 1 Diabetes who, sadly, diesd was 72.</p><p></p><p>Also, mortality rates remain extremely low for the younger population. One might be 3 times more likely to die if has Type 1 diabetes and is under 40 compared to a healthy person, but the starting probability of actually dying are so low that the odds are still overwhelming in her/his favour.</p><p></p><p>There could be a case, however, to advice shielding for perhaps over 60s or 70s with Type 1 and maybe Type 2 diabetes. In all likelihoood, I think it will end up with a shielding recommendation for over 70s with diabetes, regardless of which Type.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zibi1, post: 2264226, member: 26651"] Exactly. As the doctors who put together the study suggest, age remains, by far, the highest risk factor in determining COVID outcomes. The average age of people with Type 1 Diabetes who, sadly, diesd was 72. Also, mortality rates remain extremely low for the younger population. One might be 3 times more likely to die if has Type 1 diabetes and is under 40 compared to a healthy person, but the starting probability of actually dying are so low that the odds are still overwhelming in her/his favour. There could be a case, however, to advice shielding for perhaps over 60s or 70s with Type 1 and maybe Type 2 diabetes. In all likelihoood, I think it will end up with a shielding recommendation for over 70s with diabetes, regardless of which Type. [/QUOTE]
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