Isn’t it also true that on the average people living in aged care are sicker before contracting…

…Covid-19 in aged care, there doesn’t appear to have been any large increase in their risk of death. Yes, people in nursing homes died more often from the virus, but this is simply because they are much older than people living in the community, rather than some inherent property of aged care itself.
Aged Care, Nursing Homes, and The Covid-19 Pandemic
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David Mokotoff, MD
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Apr 29, 2022
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Isn’t it also true that on the average people living in aged care are sicker before contracting Covid than their age-matched peers who live somewhere else? Is this not relevant?
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