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thesquanderer

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9. re: "The life expectancy in someone who is 78 and has had a stent is drastically reduced."

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 10:39 AM

Feb 2020

Actually, your link does not say that. It says:

someone who perhaps is in their seventies or eighties, and has a weak heart from previous multiple heart attacks, and has other serious medical problems, their life expectancy of course will be shorter after a stent insertion {compared to a younger patient who has a strong heart and has never experienced a heart attack}.

Sanders does not meet either of the two "ands" (much less both of them). Nor does the passage ever use the word "drastically."

I'm not arguing whether you're right or wrong, I don't know, I'm just saying that the link you provided to support your statement doesn't support your statement.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Maybe a President's Age Doesn't Matter That Much [View all] Autumn Feb 2020 OP

Epigenetic Age gredinger Feb 2020 #1

If Trump weren't wealthy he would be in a nursing home or dead with his unhealthy habits. Autumn Feb 2020 #3

Yep, absolutely true. Image tRump without his orange pancake mix RKP5637 Feb 2020 #12

He's a nightmare as it is. That would transition him into a horror show freak. Autumn Feb 2020 #13

... RKP5637 Feb 2020 #16

This doesn't apply to Sanders NYMinute Feb 2020 #2

What you are ignoring from your article is Sanders has not had previous multiple heart attacks Autumn Feb 2020 #5

Right, a heart attack and stent after 75 has no effect on life expectancy. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #7

Said no one ever. Dr. Rihal is a doctor so he maybe into science. If you think that the Autumn Feb 2020 #11

That article has nothing to do with the nonsense you are selling. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #14

I'm selling nothing. I commented on an article another poster posted in this sub thread. Autumn Feb 2020 #17

That chart in the OP is based on gender and age using the Social Security life expectancy calculator Autumn Feb 2020 #19

Well that chart says Sanders has a life expectancy of 9.6 years. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #20

I'm sure. Autumn Feb 2020 #21

Autumn, by your logic you ignore Sanders' age Cary Mar 2020 #30

re: "The life expectancy in someone who is 78 and has had a stent is drastically reduced." thesquanderer Feb 2020 #9

The great level of care given to the hair-splitting and hyper-parsing and nit-picking... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #25

But their health does... SidDithers Feb 2020 #4

What is the life expectancy for a man who suffers a heart attack after 75? MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #6

It varies based on things like whether they are a smoker or are obese, but... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #10

The median average is 3.1 years for those over 75. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #18

Median and average are two different things. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #23

The fact that this is even a discussion that has to be had raises red flags everywhere. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #24

I was merely addressing the math. It was no statement on Sanders' suitability for nomination. nt thesquanderer Feb 2020 #27

Life expectancy merely based on age is not enough in the case of Sanders. Sloumeau Feb 2020 #8

Only if one ignores context. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #15

Age doesn't matter as much as health does. You can't excuse Sanders refusing to release his full highplainsdem Feb 2020 #22

... why withhold that which was previously promised? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #28

The health of the individual POTUS absolutely does. Age affects health. ehrnst Feb 2020 #26

Are folks clamoring about Sanders' physical condition also overlooking Biden's cognitive condition? JudyM Feb 2020 #29