A significant proportion of older adults who died from COVID-19 were not near death before infection, indicating the virus had a substantial impact on their lifespan.

Despite claims that deaths from Covid were primarily in those near death, this analysis found that many of the older adults who died would have lived at least another five years if not infected. #COVID https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/many-older-adults-who-died-covid-weren-t-close-death-infection-study-suggests

Many older adults who died of COVID weren't close to death before infection: study https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/many-older-adults-who-died-covid-weren-t-close-death-infection-study-suggests ↷ https://canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

Many older adults who died of COVID weren’t close to death before infection, study suggests. "About 28% of older people in England who died of COVID-19 in the first 2.5 years of the pandemic would likely, if uninfected, have lived at least another 5 years" Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/many-older-adults-who-died-covid-weren-t-close-death-infection-study-suggests Study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0348575