.@DhruvKhullar: "Trump’s schedule of events—and his refusal to adhere to basic public-health guidance—makes him a potential super-spreader." newyorker.com/science/medica…
For Americans in their seventies, the case fatality rate—a measure of a person’s chance of dying after being diagnosed—is around ten per cent.
At six feet three and two hundred and forty-three pounds, the President is also obese, which increases the risk of hospitalization, I.C.U. admission, and death.
Still, in all likelihood, Trump will get through this. Most Americans, even older ones with preëxisting conditions, survive coronavirus infection.
Moreover, statistics are, by definition, averages—and the President is not an average American. He will receive constant, world-class medical care; he will also benefit from months of scientific advancement in the treatment of covid-19.
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