Does anyone know how Colin Powell's health was before he caught COVID?

[LAS14]

I ask because I've pretty much been counting on not getting hospitalized if I catch it, never mind dying. He was fully vaccinated, his family says.

[Nittersing]

1. 84 year old Colin Powell had multiple myeloma which is a blood cancer that makes it harder to fight

infection

[Historic NY]

2. He was being treated for myeloma

Powell was fully vaccinated, his family said. However, Powell had previously been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that weakens the body’s ability to fight infections, CNBC reported.

[JohnSJ]

4. Wonder if he had the booster. That is what Martha Mitchell had

[Maru Kitteh]

13. He was scheduled to get the booster but became too ill from his cancer

to receive the vaccine.

[JohnSJ]

16. Thanks for the information

[Yonnie3]

3. Not good

Prostate cancer in 2003 and

Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer of a type of white blood cell. It’s unclear what complications he experienced from Covid-19 or when he tested positive for the disease. The family also did not say when he was vaccinated or if he had received a booster shot.

from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-secretary-state-colin-powell-dies-covid-complications-n1281746

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Gen. Powell had cancer

Link to tweet

[malaise]

7. He also had prostate cancer from his 60s

He was lucky - he had the best health care possible

[LeftInTX]

8. He was also 84

[Ms. Toad]

9. Even vaccinated,

the effectiveness at eliminating death as an outcome is 92%, based on newly released CDC statistics. So don't count on it. Your vaccination is not the magic shield you have been led to believe it is. You still need to combine it with masking, social distancing, and avoiding large indoor gatherings.

That said, Colin Powell was living with at least 2, maybe 3 cancers, one of which had a direct impact on his immune response. So it is likely his body did not launch a sufficient response to build full immunity from the vaccine.

[LAS14]

10. 92% of the general population, or 92% of people who have breakthrough infections? nt

[Ms. Toad]

11. Effectiveness is always measured against unvaccinated population.

The new CDC data is that for every 11 COVID deaths in the unvaccinated population, there is one death in the vaccinated population. That makes the vaccine 92% effective in preventing deaths.

[LAS14]

12. OK. I'll remain relatively secure in the notion that if I'm healthy and vaccinated....

.... my chances of dying from COVID are vanishingly small. The keyword is "healthy." The point of my OP.

[dflprincess]

14. Lawrence O'Donnell just said that when Bob Woodward interviewed Powell

Powell was open about his health and Woodward did think it would be the last time he would interview Powell.

[RFCalifornia]

15. Cancer and Parkinson's nt