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emmaverybo

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4. It is not an automatic death sentence for 64 and older. True, the immune system is not as hearty

Reply to badseedboy (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2020, 03:09 PM

Mar 2020

in elders, but stories of people in their nineties recovering. It seems that the steeper decline in the efficiency of the immune system begins at eighty, but also varies so that some elders’ immune system is more like a forty year old’s.

Hang in. Some kind of strength got us this far—genetics, moxy, luck?

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any site recommendations? [View all] badseedboy Mar 2020 OP

A 90 yr old woman just recovered here in Washington State.. samnsara Mar 2020 #1

Wow. badseedboy Mar 2020 #8

World Health Organization (WHO) sheshe2 Mar 2020 #2

Thank you, kind s. badseedboy Mar 2020 #7

You are welcome. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #9

A drag racers tale was posted here earlier. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #3

I will check it out. badseedboy Mar 2020 #6

It is not an automatic death sentence for 64 and older. True, the immune system is not as hearty emmaverybo Mar 2020 #4

Yes! Thank you, e. badseedboy Mar 2020 #5