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| Study: Two in five people in U.S. who died of COVID-19 had diabetes |
| 2021-07-16 |
| [UPI] As many as two of every five Americans who've died from COVID-19 were suffering from diabetes, making the chronic disease one of the highest-risk conditions during the pandemic, an expert says. About 40% of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States were among diabetics, a "really quite sobering" statistic that should prompt people with the ailment to get vaccinated, said Dr. Robert Gabbay, chief scientific and medical officer for the American Diabetes Association. "I can't say this strongly enough -- if you have diabetes, get vaccinated. Speak to your health care provider, discuss your concerns," Gabbay said during a HealthDay Now interview. "With the risk of hospitalization and death related to COVID-19 six to 12 times higher in people with diabetes, it's time to get vaccinated," Gabbay said. Does the vaccine cure diabetes? |
| Posted by:Angstrom |
| #5 100%. Congratulations LA County, the only place in the entire world where the vax is infallible. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-07-16 12:50 |
| #4 More than 90% of Mississippi COVID-19 cases are among unvaccinated people while Los Angeles County says 100% of hospitalized patients have not had a shot |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-07-16 11:57 |
| #3 From that CDC cormobidity data, as of 09/05/20 - 1 All other conditions and causes (Includes more than 23 codes) 2 Influenza and pneumonia 3 Respiratory failure 4 Hypertensive diseases 5 Diabetes 6 Adult respiratory distress syndrome 7 Cardiac arrest 8 Vascular and unspecified dementia 9 Ischemic heart disease 10 Sepsis At that time, Diabetes was a cormorbidity in just 5.78% of the deaths, so 2/5 is a big jump. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-07-16 10:02 |
| #2 I figured that out months ago, using CDC data. No distinction between Type 1 and Type 2, but obesity was right up there with diabetes, which is more closely associated with Type 2 (poor diet). |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-07-16 09:56 |
| #1 I'm bald and am supposed to get it to. I won't hold my breathe. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-07-16 00:27 |