COVID-19 risk

[Daszak]

I have been looking at the Alama risk information with regard to Type1 and Covid 19, and was surprised to see that it appeared that the risk reduced with increasing age. As complications increase the longer you have had it, and organs are more likely to fail this seemed somewhat odd, especially as older people are more likely to have had it longer. Does anyone know the reason for this?

 

[atoll]

the would be 70+year old diabetics already died from issues relating to long term diabetes which skew the statistics for 70+ yo covid deaths

 

[grovesy]

I have not read or heard the term Alama Risk, but from what I read from those who looked at the hospitalisations and deaths in this country,it was the other way round that most of the admissions and deaths were in the over 50's.

 

[Robin]

It’s here.

Covid-19 Medical Risk Assessment – Alama

Having Diabetes when you’re in the lowest age group shoves you up 25 years or so into a much higher age category, but still only into an age where Covid deaths are relatively few. Shoving you up even a little bit into a higher age category when you’re much older makes a huge difference to the risk of dying, because the figures rise exponentially the older you get.
Age still remains the outstandingly biggest risk factor.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I agree with @Robin. Age seems to be the biggest risk factor for severe illness with Covid19.

The NHS England study that showed significantly increased risk of death with T1 (3x?) had an average age of around 75 iirc. At 45 the risk to T1‘s was similar to the general population, and there were no T1 deaths below 25 at that time.

Plus, of course, with T1 you are no more likely to contract Covid, or have a bad case of it.

Social distancing and handwashing still seem to be the best strategy 🙂