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2020-03-25 Science & Technology

British 21-year-old with no pre-existing conditions dies from coronavirus

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-25 09:01|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Couple of possibilities:

1. There may be an underlying condition not seen
2. Potential drug contraindication missed
3. Something in the her DNA was susceptible

Comparative DNA sequencing might show something and help the cause for a vaccine

Posted by Warthog 2020-03-25 09:51|| 2020-03-25 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Forgot to add comparative with other cases of seemingly healthy young adults who had the same fate

Posted by Warthog 2020-03-25 09:52|| 2020-03-25 09:52|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm not sure we can really trust 'no pre-existing conditions' to mean anything beyond no conditions in medical records these days.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-03-25 10:06|| 2020-03-25 10:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Is/was vaping as popular in the UK as it is in the (former) Colony? [causes lung damage]

Posted by Bobby 2020-03-25 10:07|| 2020-03-25 10:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe she had leukemia or some other disease nationalized medicine doesn't test for until the autopsy.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-25 10:14|| 2020-03-25 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm of divided opinion on this news item.

On one hand, I've a 14 years old son.

On the other hand, like we all, I watched these young "people" gamboling in Fort Lauderdale, licking toilet bowls, etc...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-25 10:37|| 2020-03-25 10:37|| Front Page Top

#7 ^On the third hand, I don't know anything about the girl who died, and should be ashamed of thinking that I thought.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-25 10:39|| 2020-03-25 10:39|| Front Page Top

#8 There is always the random element too.

The virus in a 1 in a 100 chance hit the lungs hard.

There could also be some protein mutation or DNA encoding that made that person extra vulnerable to this virus.

These things do happen and we do see them in diseases that normally aren't that dangerous as well.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-03-25 10:42|| 2020-03-25 10:42|| Front Page Top

#9 These things do happen and we do see them in diseases that normally aren't that dangerous as well.

Sure, and NYC Rimmers get strep.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-25 13:06|| 2020-03-25 13:06|| Front Page Top

#10 One data point is just noise.
(no disrespect to the deceased)

Posted by SteveS 2020-03-25 15:01|| 2020-03-25 15:01|| Front Page Top

#11 L.A. County teen’s death may be coronavirus-related

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-25 15:17|| 2020-03-25 15:17|| Front Page Top

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