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The fact is many more people will recover completely than die or even be hospitalized.Signature

Because people took action while Trump was lying and pandering to his base for poll number protection.

Older or Unhealthy: The first 48 U.S. coronavirus deaths in detail

Thirty-seven deaths (77% of total) are in Washington state.
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> Newly reported on March 13, 2020
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> Two women in their 90s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
> A woman in her 80s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
> A man in his 70s at Overlake Medical Center died on March 4.
> A man in his 80s at Swedish Issaquah hospital, died on March 9.
> Woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died on March 11.
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> Four Washington state deaths are from Snohomish County
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> A woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died March 11.
> Woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions died March 10.
> Man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, died March 9 at the Josephine Caring Community
> A man in his 40s with underlying health conditions died but the date has not been specified.
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> One Washington State death is from Grant County, a patient in his or her 80s.

Four deaths are in California:

A woman, 90s, in assisted living.
A woman, 60s, hospitalized in Santa Clara.
An elderly man in assisted living.
A man, 71, with underlying health conditions who had been on a Grand Princess cruise ship.

Two deaths are in Florida:

A man and woman, both in their 70s, died after returning from foreign travel.

One death is in New Jersey:

A man, 69, who is diabetic and suffered two cardiac arrests, has died.

One death is in South Dakota:

A man in his 60s with underlying medical conditions has died.

One death is in Georgia:

A man, 67, with underlying medical conditions has died.

One death is in Kansas:

A man in his 70s with underlying health conditions died at the Life Care Center in Kansas City.

One death in is Colorado:

A woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions has died.

If you are healthy, you could be spreading COVID.

Hey, joint,it's a free country.If you feel like ignoring good medical advice,

And you seem heartlessly cool with that. Looks like we've got at least two sociopaths posting here.

She loves America more than you seem to.

If it were up to you they'd never have figured out how to eradicate smallpox,

Funny.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned those 60 and older and those with medical conditions to be particularly wary of its spread, given the higher mortality rates associated with those factors.
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Earlier this week, Quinnipiac University released polling showing that older Americans are, in fact, more likely to express concern about they or someone they know being infected with the virus. Sixty-two percent of those age 65 and older expressed at least come concern about that happening compared to only 47 percent of those under age 35. Older respondents were also about nine points more likely to express concern about their daily lives being disrupted.
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Digging into the Quinnipiac data a little further, we see that this makes a difference. Republicans are broadly less likely to express concern about being infected with coronavirus. But while older Democrats are far more concerned about it than younger Democrats, older Republicans are about as blasé about the prospect as are younger Republicans.
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Fox News, of course, is home to a number of hosts who’ve dismissed the threat posed by the coronavirus, framing the sense of urgency conveyed on other networks as being about Trump’s presidency rather than the public health. If that is the message that half of older Republicans are hearing, it’s not really a surprise that they are less concerned about the virus.

Hopefully, the events of the last few days are shifting any lackadaisical attitudes of older Americans. After all, health experts aren’t advising retirees to curtail their social activity to save the lives of younger people. They’re offering that advice so that older Americans don’t put their own lives at risk.

That's not the way a moral civil society works.