Health experts: Trump is in danger due to his age and weight

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 it is difficult to accurately assess the probabilities, given that factors such as levels of fitness and overall activity, health status prior to injury, 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 Spieglalter, a professor of risk and a statistician at the University of Cambridge in Britain, cited a device that calculates the chances of survival from Covid-19 disease, which put the death probability of a healthy white man of 74 years old and infected with Covid-19 during the height of the epidemic in Britain earlier than this. Year at between 3 and 4 percent.

He said this risk is now “assumed to be somewhat lower” as doctors around the world have gained experience treating the disease.

Michael Head, a professor of global health at the University of Southampton in Britain, said, “The president’s status is to place him in the classification as at risk. He is 74 years old and 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..

Golf and walking

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 exacerbate the 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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