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<blockquote data-quote="Jamie H" data-source="post: 2261768" data-attributes="member: 523528"><p>1. 25% of deaths were people that had diabetes. So that's 25% of the people who were sick enough to be admitted to hospital. Which is about 5% of cases. That is completely different from a 25% chance of dying from covid if you get it as a diabetic. </p><p></p><p>2. There is no other information about those people's general health. Unfortunately we all know that some people with diabetes also have a number of other underlying health conditions. How many of these people had solely diabetes? </p><p></p><p>3. Nowhere does it state how well controlled each of these patients were. The NHS also released a study to say if you're hba1c is 7.5% or under that the HR is quite a bit lower than if not. This is different to how well controlled your BG levels are once you contract the virus.</p><p></p><p>4. Unfortunately this is a horrible virus that is more likely (not exclusively) to attack older people who are more likely to have several comorbidities at the same time including diabetes.</p><p></p><p>5. I am not burying my head in the sand and will take extra precautions but this is exactly the type of thing that the below article warns against</p><p></p><p><a href="https://diabetestimes.co.uk/top-professor-calls-for-calm-and-fact-checking-amid-diabetes-link-to-covid-19/" target="_blank">https://diabetestimes.co.uk/top-professor-calls-for-calm-and-fact-checking-amid-diabetes-link-to-covid-19/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jamie H, post: 2261768, member: 523528"] 1. 25% of deaths were people that had diabetes. So that's 25% of the people who were sick enough to be admitted to hospital. Which is about 5% of cases. That is completely different from a 25% chance of dying from covid if you get it as a diabetic. 2. There is no other information about those people's general health. Unfortunately we all know that some people with diabetes also have a number of other underlying health conditions. How many of these people had solely diabetes? 3. Nowhere does it state how well controlled each of these patients were. The NHS also released a study to say if you're hba1c is 7.5% or under that the HR is quite a bit lower than if not. This is different to how well controlled your BG levels are once you contract the virus. 4. Unfortunately this is a horrible virus that is more likely (not exclusively) to attack older people who are more likely to have several comorbidities at the same time including diabetes. 5. I am not burying my head in the sand and will take extra precautions but this is exactly the type of thing that the below article warns against [URL]https://diabetestimes.co.uk/top-professor-calls-for-calm-and-fact-checking-amid-diabetes-link-to-covid-19/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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