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S Korea is testing thousands. Their mortality rate is among the lowest. So I'm optimistic.
Someone else said it. The #s are skewwed because of the low testing numbers. Mild case victims are not getting tested. Gobert was well enough to play. We may have millions with it, or had it, and we only we're testing the few that felt sick. Get to testing thousands like S Korea and then I'll truly panic.
This is worrisome...stated by every single MD, expert, epidemiologist re: COVID 19
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Obesity is a common, serious, and costly disease
- The prevalence of obesity was 42.4% in 2017~2018. [Read CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief]
- From 1999–2000 through 2017–2018, the prevalence of obesity increased from 30.5% to 42.4%, and the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%. [Read CDC NCHS data brief]
- Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer that are some of the leading causes of preventable, premature death. [Read guidelinesexternal icon]
- The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was $147 billion in 2008 US dollars; the medical cost for people who have obesity was $1,429 higher than those of normal weight. [Read paperexternal icon]
[Read CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief]
- Non-Hispanic blacks (49.6%) had the highest age-adjusted prevalence of obesity, followed by Hispanics (44.8%), non-Hispanic whites (42.2%) and non-Hispanic Asians (17.4%).
- The prevalence of obesity was 40.0% among young adults aged 20 to 39 years, 44.8% among middle-aged adults aged 40 to 59 years, and 42.8% among older adults aged 60 and older