Surely by now we should have enough data to make some serious progress on why this virus has such wildly different effects on different people.
Some people are just from the deeper end of the gene pool than others.
Italy: 101-year-old influenza survivor beats Covid-19
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#13I think some people are just blessed with great genes and great health/immune system throughout their lives. There are stories of 100+ yos who smoke, who eat typical comfort food everyday, who drink in moderation but consistently etc etc, whose lifestyles are what we basically understand as negative for your health but they are unaffected.
Survivorship bias.
If we are measuring survival, surviving is not a bias, it's a data point
Without taking into account genes can you explain why Japan has 54 centenaries every 100k people, France 34, Italy 33 and US only 22?
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
how so?
For every 1 person who lives an unhealthy lifestyle and lives a long time, there are untold millions who dont
Still in some countries many more get old than others
And I'm talking about countries with the same level of wealth (more or less)
Japan has 2.5 times more centenaries as a percentage of the population than US
Re: Italy: 101-year-old influenza survivor beats Covid-19
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
how so?
For every 1 person who lives an unhealthy lifestyle and lives a long time, there are untold millions who dont
well, you are right and i get what you are saying.
but in the current situation most people in that age range are dying. he survived.
isn't it worth talking about or giving it a thought?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Survivorship bias.
If we are measuring survival, surviving is not a bias, it's a data point Without taking into account genes can you explain why Japan has 54 centenaries every 100k people, France 34, Italy 33 and US only 22?
Supercentenarians and the oldest-old are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v1
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20625547
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#18Surely by now we should have enough data to make some serious progress on why this virus has such wildly different effects on different people.
Initial viral load.
Re: Italy: 101-year-old influenza survivor beats Covid-19
#19Surely by now we should have enough data to make some serious progress on why this virus has such wildly different effects on different people.
We don't even know why seasonal flu occasionally kills healthy people.
Re: Italy: 101-year-old influenza survivor beats Covid-19
#20101-year-old Italians are making the news so often lately:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/12/home-office-...