Older people and people with chronic illness are at greater risk, and how we respond to the threat affects everyone.
Even before the Covid-19 coronavirus reached more than 100 countries around the world, early data from China — where the outbreak started — suggested that older adults were the most vulnerable to the worst effects of the disease.
Now, that data, along with emerging research from Italy — the second-most-affected country in the world — is showing just how dangerous Covid-19 is for older people, and others with with heart, lung, and immunological conditions.
In Italy, a country with one of the world’s oldest populations, a March 4 analysis by the national health institute found that of the 105 patients who died from the virus, the average age was 81. This put a 20-year gap between the average age…
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Exposing the Big Game 
I am an ” ethical vegan” and although a plant- based diet and vegan lifestyle are no guarantee that a person will live a healthy, long- life, it sure increases the odds. Almost all of the “underlying conditions” cited in this article are directly related to consuming animal flesh, eggs, and animal bodily secretions. But of course, mainstream media and conventional medicine are blowing right by these facts. But Big Pharma has always been their master thru advertising and financial incentives so no surprise that PREVENTION thru proper lifestyles and diet is never mentioned. I’m sure Big Pharma is really raking in the bucks from this latest human- caused disaster.