Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - 'Shocking’: 66% of new coronavirus patients in N.Y. stayed home: Cuomo
View Single Post
 
Old 05-08-2020, 12:20 PM
jimjamuser jimjamuser is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 9,889
Thanks: 6,889
Thanked 2,245 Times in 1,812 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by GoodLife View Post
ALBANY — The majority of recently hospitalized coronavirus patients in New York are people who have followed the precaution of staying home, Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday.

The governor said it was “shocking" that 66% of new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who are either retired or unemployed and not commuting to work on a regular basis.

Cuomo: 66 percent of new coronavirus NY cases at home - New York Daily News
Retired means that they are old (like we in the Villages). Unemployed means that they have above-average stress or underlying conditions. 50% of total deaths are in the 75 plus age group. Those are some factors and there could be others.