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Author: Sammy Zahran; Levi Altringer; Ashok Prasad
Title: The Longevity-Frailty Hypothesis: Evidence from COVID-19 Death Rates in Europe
  • Document date: 2020_4_17
  • ID: 9p0dsyqx_40
    Snippet: Also, a large percentage of symptomatic patients exhibit mild symptoms that can be confused with a more common cold or flu. Third, viral replication has been shown to be highest in the early days of infection, when most people are mildly or asymptomatic (Zhou, Fei et al, 2020) . Thus, in the context of caregiving, people with little or no symptoms can be potent spreaders of the virus to the susceptible elderly and frail. The many stories of outbr.....
    Document: Also, a large percentage of symptomatic patients exhibit mild symptoms that can be confused with a more common cold or flu. Third, viral replication has been shown to be highest in the early days of infection, when most people are mildly or asymptomatic (Zhou, Fei et al, 2020) . Thus, in the context of caregiving, people with little or no symptoms can be potent spreaders of the virus to the susceptible elderly and frail. The many stories of outbreak and death in nursing homes testifies to this transmission channel. This necessitates more intense testing of caregivers to break transmission to the elderly and frail.

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