Aggie Pharmer said:
Gunny456 said:
Lots of talk here but I posted yesterday that the first two people that I can call friends died last week of the virus. One was 41 and he had no underlying conditions. Ex Marine and in perfect health as one could be. Just had a physical in January and was told by Doc he would live to be a 100. He went to the gym every morning, ran 4 miles in the evening, never smoked etc. etc.
The other friend has just turned 51. Did not even have high blood pressure and also about as in shape and healthy. I had hunted with him in Colorado and he would climb mountains better than the mules we used. I never even knew him to even get a cold.
Risk factors and numbers can be analyzed and discussed all you want.....all I know is the first two people I know who die of this damn disease are two of the most healthy guys I know of all my friends. One of the Docs said he surely could not explain it. It scares the heck out of me.
Take care all you good Ags out there and take as good a care as you can of yourselves. Don't want to loose any Texags friends either!!
There was a research article posted in one of the other threads, link to the article here. I'm wondering if some of these "younger" patients who are in really good shape happened to die due to fluid overload, as cited in the article. Of course, it doesn't change the fate of your friends or anyone else, but just a thought that ran through my head.
Have you ever travelled in China? The Chinese are chronically dehydrated. They don't even seem to notice. I have to remind my son from Wuhan to drink water sometimes. I wonder if this dehydration was an advantage for Chinese patients.
