3/n So, our 50 y/o man - let's call him Greg - is walking down the street Greg has a life expectancy of ~25 years. That means that, on average, we expect him to live until the ripe old age of 75
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14/n So, we still classify diabetes as a comorbidity, because it's important, but it's clearly not the thing that actually killed Greg
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15/n Now for the big/very obvious reveal - the car is COVID-19 A 50-year-old man has a risk of about 2 in 1,000 of dying from COVID-19. For the sake of argument, let's say that doubles to 4 in 1,000 if he has diabetes
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16/n Thing is, his risk may be reduced by 0.2% if there's no diabetes, but it's reduced BY 100% if there's no COVID-19
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17/n We can see this quite clearly in the US excess mortality figures There are about 200,000 people who WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY if not for COVID-19pic.twitter.com/VFo5yjMw6s
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18/n Moreover, if you look at the CDC's reports, >95% of COVID-19 certified deaths had COVID-19 as the UNDERLYING (remember, main) cause of death In other words, COVID-19 was behind MOST IF NOT ALL of these deathspic.twitter.com/IJL4YGKO7G
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19/n There you have it - a simple explanation As I said, MOST COVID-19 DEATHS ARE CAUSED BY COVID-19. Fin
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