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Trump’s infection, outlook with COVID-19 and the risk of White House spread [Updated]
Already, Trump has symptoms, suggesting he is not among the lucky minority of people who never develop symptoms during the course of their infection. Moreover, Trump is in a high-risk group for severe disease and even death: He’s male, 74, and clinically obese. (His body mass index is 30.5, and anything over 30 is considered obese).
Males have higher rates of hospitalization, admissions to intensive care, and deaths compared with women. Risk of severe disease and death also increase with age and obesity. Having a BMI of over 30 can triple the risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19. In a June CDC study of more than a million cases of COVID-19 in the US, about 34 percent of people aged 70-79 required hospitalization, and about 17 percent of that group died. For those in the 70-79 age group with an underlying health condition, such as severe obesity (a BMI over 40), rates of hospitalization and death were 65 percent and 32 percent, respectively.
Trump also has a history of high cholesterol and is on a statin medication to lower it. Recent data suggests that statin use may reduce the severity of COVID-19.
https://arstechnica.com/science/202...-19-and-the-likelihood-of-white-house-spread/
Already, Trump has symptoms, suggesting he is not among the lucky minority of people who never develop symptoms during the course of their infection. Moreover, Trump is in a high-risk group for severe disease and even death: He’s male, 74, and clinically obese. (His body mass index is 30.5, and anything over 30 is considered obese).
Males have higher rates of hospitalization, admissions to intensive care, and deaths compared with women. Risk of severe disease and death also increase with age and obesity. Having a BMI of over 30 can triple the risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19. In a June CDC study of more than a million cases of COVID-19 in the US, about 34 percent of people aged 70-79 required hospitalization, and about 17 percent of that group died. For those in the 70-79 age group with an underlying health condition, such as severe obesity (a BMI over 40), rates of hospitalization and death were 65 percent and 32 percent, respectively.
Trump also has a history of high cholesterol and is on a statin medication to lower it. Recent data suggests that statin use may reduce the severity of COVID-19.
https://arstechnica.com/science/202...-19-and-the-likelihood-of-white-house-spread/
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