Re: Covid-19 survival calculator
AFAIK, in the UK, death is no longer the greatest risk from COVID-19. Back in May, there were, for example, 5,000 reported cases of COVID-19 infection and 1,000 reported associated deaths a day. Currently, there are, on average, 22,000 reported cases of COVID-19 infection and 200 reported associated deaths a day.
The greatest risk, now, is contracting COVID-19 and not making a full recovery, i.e. continuing to suffer from debilitating symptoms for weeks, even months and, possibly, years. As the number of recorded infections in the UK rises towards 1,000,000, the estimated number of "long COVID" sufferers is over 10,000 and likely to rise to 100,000 by March 2021.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54296223
What is long Covid?
There is no medical definition or list of symptoms shared by all patients - two people with long Covid can have very different experiences. However, the most common feature is crippling fatigue.
Others symptoms include: breathlessness, a cough that won't go away, joint pain, muscle aches, hearing and eyesight problems, headaches, loss of smell and taste as well as damage to the heart, lungs, kidneys and gut.
Mental health problems have been reported including depression, anxiety and struggling to think clearly.
Long Covid is not just people taking time to recover from a stay in intensive care. Even people with relatively mild infections can be left with lasting and severe health problems.
"We've got no doubt long Covid exists," Prof David Strain, from the University of Exeter, who is already seeing long-Covid patients at his Chronic Fatigue Syndrome clinic, told the BBC.
More info here:
Coronavirus: Specialist 'long Covid' clinics to be set up in England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54449145
The risks to health from "long COVID" have recently increased because, apparently, levels of protective antibodies in people wane "quite rapidly" after coronavirus infection and there is a risk of catching the virus multiple times.
Covid: Antibodies 'fall rapidly after infection'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54696873
"Surviving" may be good news ..... or bad .....