I do feel very insensitive toward older folks in saying all of this and everyone has their own different bodies. I want to apologize for that. I was in self-preservation anxiety mode.
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I didn’t mean to cause you anxiety. I’m also scared. I just wish I had more information.
Some great thinking so far by Peter Attia on COVID 19 (start with this first video, then see all 4).
Also for those who subscribe to medscape, there was an article either yesterday or the day before on diabetes and COVID 19, by an endocrinologist.
There wouldn’t be good stats about type 1’s and this disease coming from China which has provided most of the information. There is a relatively small percentage of type 1’s in China, although I guess it’s on the rise there…
There are no good stats coming out of China because they just don’t know. In China, Diabetes is considered a disease of the rich and in communist countries no mater how wealthy you are it is only pc to always complain about how little you have and how you are the unluckiest person on earth while banking your millions safely in various investments around the world. That is why Chinese go to great lengths to hide their diabetes, even though the annual number of cases are known to be soaring.
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The stats are kinda the best indicator of what we know right now though…
I have worked in pandemics since 2009. Knowledge is power and preparedness (not toilet rolls) is key. Colleagues at iNSTEDD published a new edition of the Citizens’ Guide to Pandemics yesterday, comprehensively updated for COVID-19. It has a new introduction by David Heymann, former-World Health Organization Executive Director for Communicable Diseases. It is also published under creative commons and InSTEDD encourages individuals, communities, and organizations to revise and adapt it to their individual needs and cultures, and to translate it into other languages. It is intended to educate the reader, his/her family, and his/her community about the COVID-19 pandemic, and intended to help him/her stay safe, aware, and healthy. Some concrete information and intelligent guidance may allay the anxiety.
You can download it from Pandemic Preparedness COVID-19 Update – Citizens Guide | InSTEDD
Please share it widely.
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@StephenT – I downloaded this Guide this morning. I intend to read it today. Thanks for posting the link.
This is seriously not comforting statistic calculations!!
Thanks! 
But in all seriousness, I did research the reasons why certain people die from it and that was interesting because the biggest risk was pre existing Lung disease since it pretty much causes pneumonia to a degree that the body of immune compromised people and people with lung disease have a much harder time recouping.
Im typically avoiding yhe news because I have multiple autoimmune diseases and on a chemo infusion for my rheumatic diseases! I’m 42 and it is anxiety provoking especially since I’ve had pneumonia 3-4 times in my life, shingles twice. But I did get mt follow up pneumonia vax and flu shot.
I already use a vog mask quite often even though it’s claimed masks don’t help, I figure since mine is reusable and belongs to me, then it’s not hurting to use it!!
I guess we need a reasonable balance and keep in some contact with our providers. Much easier fir most these days with medical computer access systems that allow communication to the doctors.
Hang in there everyone
Steve Edelman MD (Endo with TiD, founder of TCOYD) addresses this issue on his website TCOYD.org
It’s a crap shoot. I’m 54. And I already had it… I barely got sick, but I came positive for the virus. And positive for the antibodies too.
There is no rhyme or reason why.
I think diabetics are on average in poorer health so there is an assumption there.
I enrolled in a clinical study for healthy people who have the. Covid antibodies so they can use them for treatment.
They told me type 1 on fast acting insulin is a non issue for them.
In order to come up with that determination, there must have been other type 1 s who have been in the study before me.
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