Nearly all NY
coronavirus patients suffered underlying health issue
Excerpt: A new study
by a medical journal revealed that most of the people in New York City who were
hospitalized due to coronavirus had one or more underlying health issues.
Health records from 5,700 patients hospitalized within the Northwell Health
system -- which housed the most patients in the country throughout the pandemic
-- showed that 94 percent of patients had more than one disease other
than COVID-19, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association
(JAMA). Data taken from March to early April showed that the median age of
patients was 63 years old and 53 percent of all coronavirus patients suffered
from hypertension, the most prevalent of the ailments among patients. In
addition, 42 percent of coronavirus patients who had body mass index (BMI) data
on file suffered from obesity while 32 percent of all patients suffered from
diabetes. The study also revealed that the overwhelming majority of patients
who were on ventilators eventually died, and those who did more often had
diabetes. Data gathered from 2,634 patients who either died or were discharged
from the hospital showed that 12 percent of them were placed on ventilators and
of those who were, 88 percent of them died. [This is HUGE news. We all knew the
disease would be worse for those with "other health issues," but I,
for one, never dreamed it would be this much worse. I added emphasis. Ron P.]
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