8 hours agoExperts: The age and weight of Trump, the factors in confronting COVID-19
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(6 years ago)Age and weight are factors that put President Donald Trump in a more endangered category by COVID-19, but experts say the prognosis cannot be easily predicted. The president's doctor, Sean Conley, stated in a statement Friday that the president and the first lady have resulted in positive coronavirus. But the doctor says [...]
Age and weight are factors that put President Donald Trump in a more endangered category by COVID-19, but experts say the prognosis cannot be easily predicted. The president's doctor, Sean Conley, stated in a statement Friday that the president and the first lady have resulted in positive coronavirus. But the doctor says the two of them “are fine at this moment”.
“Forecast that the president will continue to fulfill his responsibilities without letup during the treatment of”, the doctor said. The president is 74 years old, and data shows that hospitalization rates are 5 times higher for his age group than for 18-29, according to the Center for Disease Control. The risk of death is also 90 times higher.
According to results from his latest tests, the president is 1.9m long and weighs almost 111kg. According to these figures, he is considered overweight of the obese category. This triples the risk of hospitalization, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “generally, someone who has these features requires great attention”, says Amesh Adal, doctor of infectious diseases and researcher at Johns Hopkins University. “But this does not mean that he will necessarily experience a serious illness”, says the expert.
This virus has shown different trajectorys in each person. We do not know enough why some individuals, even though they are in the most endangered group, pass it more easily than others --”. A limited study in a care center for the elderly in the most endangered group concludes that more than 1/3 of those who resulted in a positive procession did not show symptoms.
