How diabetics like Tom Hanks could be at higher risk of coronavirus complications

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Tom Hanks could be facing a greater risk of complications from the coronavirus due to a pre-existing medical condition.

The two-time Oscar winner, who announced Wednesday night that he and wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for COVID-19, also has Type 2 diabetes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a briefing on March 3 that having diabetes puts people at a higher risk of complications from the coronavirus.

"Older people and people with underlying health conditions, like heart disease, lung disease and diabetes, for example, were about twice as likely to develop serious outcomes versus otherwise younger, healthier people,'' the CDC said. "We are particularly concerned about these people given the growing number of cases in the United States as well as those with suspected community spread."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/how-diabetics-like-tom-hanks-could-be-at-higher-risk-of-coronavirus-complications/ar-BB116dq2?li=BBnba9O

[badseedboy]

1. Do you know

if the level of effective medical management correlates with this risk?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. My husband is one......

Type II Diabetic
Heart Disease
HBP
Gout

He contracts COVID-19, I may be looking at widowhood.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. The article has a lot of "what" but none of the "how" the OP title suggests.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. A shocking number of people in this country are type 2 diabetics.

I am aware that it is one of the risk factors for this virus. I suspect it is also a risk factor in things like ordinary influenza.

One down side to modern medicine is that a lot of people are alive who would not be 100 years ago. While being alive is generally a good thing, it means stuff like this, added risk of being seriously ill or dying from something that would otherwise not be a problem.