Because of his age, weight and gender, Trump is at risk from "Covid-19"
Health experts said today, Friday, that the gender, age and weight of US President Donald Trump are all factors that make him more likely to develop severe symptoms of "Covid-19" disease, and make the probability of dying from the disease about 4%.
But the probabilities are difficult to accurately assess, given that factors such as fitness levels, general activity, pre-injury health and recent medical research can make a big difference.
And a working paper issued by the US National Bureau of Economic Research published in July indicated that the probability of death of a person infected with "Covid-19" virus is between 70 and 79 years old but is in good health is 4.6%, regardless of gender.
David Spiegelter, a professor of risk and a statistician at the University of Cambridge, UK, cited a device that calculates the chances of survival from the "Covid-19" disease, which put the death probability of a white, healthy 74-year-old man infected with "Covid-19" during the height of the epidemic in Britain in Earlier this year, it was between 3 and 4 percent.
He said that this risk now "should be somewhat lower" as doctors around the world have gained experience treating the disease.
"The president's status puts him in the classification as at risk," said Michael Head, a professor of global health at the University of Southampton in Britain.
He is 74 years old and he is said to be overweight. ”
Information provided by a White House doctor in June places the president in the obese category, which triples the risk of needing hospital treatment, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in August.
Even for healthy people between the ages of 65 and 74 who are infected with the Coronavirus, the risk of death is 90 times higher than for those between the ages of 18 and 29, according to the centers' data.
Julian Tang, an expert in respiratory sciences at the University of Leicester, said that regardless of age and obesity, "other current medical problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and other chronic heart and lung diseases can lead to an exacerbation of symptoms of Covid-19 disease."
But Navid Starr, a professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, indicated that Trump is not known to have chronic diseases and is reasonably active. He plays golf frequently and appears to walk lightly, which may help ward off some Risks.
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