Per CDC: Less than 1% of COVID19 deaths had NO existing conditions

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I wouldn’t say much of America has zero pre-existing conditions

"Pre-existing condition" is a very vague term, but here's what I could find on that:

- This Gallop survey [1] says about 27% percent of US adults self-identify as having a pre-existing condition.

- This report by HHS [2] estimates that between 23 to 51% of the non-elderly (under 65 yo) population have a pre-existing condition depending on the definition. I think the percentage of the US population above 65 is about 17%. So even if we assume all of the elderly have a pre-existing condition then the range would be about 36 to 59% [3].

[1]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/245108/one-four-adults-say-pre-...

[2]: https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/private/pdf/255396/...

[3]: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=a%3D%280.23*%281-0.17%...

Here is an older CDC article [1] that has some stats. This covers March 2020 to March 2021.

[1] - https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2021/21_0123.htm

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