People wait in line to be tested for coronavirus disease while wearing protective gear, outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York, March 30, 2020.People with diabetes, chronic lung disease, heart disease or those who smoke may be at increased risk of developing severe complications if they get infected with the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
Among the 7,162 U.S. cases, 37.6%, had one or more underlying health conditions or risk factors, and 62.4%, had none of these conditions reported, according to the CDC's preliminary findings. The most commonly reported conditions were diabetes, chronic lung disease and cardiovascular disease. "These preliminary findings suggest that in the United States, persons with underlying health conditions or other recognized risk factors for severe outcomes from respiratory infections appear to be at a higher risk for severe disease from COVID-19 than are persons without these conditions," the CDC wrote.
Public health officials have long said the virus appeared to be particularly severe in the elderly and those with underlying health conditions. Symptoms can include a sore throat, runny nose, fever, dry cough, diarrhea or pneumonia and can progress to multiple organ failure or even death in some cases, they said.showed that some children can develop severe or critical disease. More than 90% of the cases were asymptomatic, mild or moderate cases.
We should try Oxygen Ozone therapy to treat corona virus
They also increase one's risk to nearly every other disease. What's your point and what's the point of continuing to produce such noise. Take your journalism seriously and yank the spammers from your platform.
You think? 🤔
Hell I could have told you that
They came to know today? This has been known for last 2+ months now. We did not have CDC to state the obvious. Problem is 50 state have 50 plans to tackle this pandemic and it’s all chaos and confusion galore.
Don’t forget obesity
(psst, vaping)
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