Buck Compton said:

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rgag12 said:

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HSomething tells me this guy had a heart or lung condition that he didn't know about and was undetected.

This virus doesn't kill people who have perfectly healthy lungs and hearts. This guy only being in his 40s I assume he just hadn't run into any complications yet in his life where he would seek out a doctor.

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You are very very wrong. A young nurse, 29, who ran a marathon in Feb died from my community. She was the picture of health. Literally no underlying conditions except excellent health and a high risk profession. Ask her family if virus kills indiscriminately.
Not saying older people don't have much greater risk but it happens to everyone.

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I'm not saying she wasn't healthy, but I've met some marathon runners that weren't necessarily in great overall health and didn't have strong immune systems. You don't know her health history and what people look like to the outside is different than what may be going on in their body. See the soccer coach in Europe who was healthy and turns out had leukemia. Could have been crazy high BP cause of stress, who knows.

This is an anecdote that should be tossed out just as quickly as the anecdotes about treatments. Same with the Comal county guy. Not smoking or drinking doesn't mean you're healthy. Mid to late 40s you can be "thin" and still have BP, cholesterol, or any other number of issues and not face complications.

Everyone should be vigilant, but it is very rare for the young, healthy people to die.

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I do know her health history. I have been friends with her mother and father for 26 years. I am not guessing her health history.

It's very real, and there aren't words for how much it sucks. I suspect since she was a nurse her exposure/viral load may have been greater then most.

People don't want to believe it can happen to those that don't fit the older, at risk categories and are determined to assign risk factors that sometimes don't exist to make themselves feel safer. It is likely we will all know someone or of someone who is taken by this virus. I hope for all of you it is indeed an older, compromised person because it's terribly shocking when that is not the case.

AvidAggie said:

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Maybe everyone should just assume they have an underlying health condition. Some go unnoticed.

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Nah, it's easier for people to keep saying "well this won't happen to me" if they can find some reason why these people that are succumbing to it are different than themselves.

You'll find that many of those same people were telling everyone this is no worse than the flu 2 weeks ago.

Exactly. People in their 40s with no preexisting conditions HAVE died from COVID-19. Yes the odds are much much lower but it's not 0.