Something I should say more often

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Yes, sure, if you smoke three packs a day for fifty years your chance of survival is much less than if you don't for fifty years. But, simply being healthy doesn't ensure you survive it. Plenty of documented cases of people living healthy lifestyles being cut down. Young people too.

Whoa, wait, come on... Yes, very healthy people can die from this, just as healthy young people, who don't do uppers, do have heart attacks. It's just extremely rare.

I more interesting response would be: would it even matter? The way this virus spreads, if everyone was in tip top shape, it doesn't seem unlikely that it would overwhelm the healthcare system just the same. Meaning, while it's likely a healthier population would decrease the death rate, it's not clear that it would significantly decrease the number of patients who need ICU beds.

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Whoa, wait, come on...

I said 'people with a healthy lifestyle aren't as susceptible to CV as people who arent healthy, but it's not the sole determinant of outcome' What is controversial about that?

would it even matter? The way this virus spreads, if everyone was in tip top shape, it doesn't seem unlikely that it would overwhelm the healthcare system just the same. Meaning, while it's likely a healthier population would decrease the death rate, it's not clear that it would significantly decrease the number of patients who need ICU beds.

I agree with all this, so I'm not sure what we're supposed to be arguing about.