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- text: How can I protect myself against covid-19?
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Preventative measures consist of recommendations to wear a mask in public,
maintain social distancing of at least six feet, wash hands regularly, and
use hand sanitizer. To facilitate this aim, we adapt the conceptual model
and measures of Liao et al.
- text: What are the risk factors for covid-19?
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To identify risk factors for hospital deaths from COVID-19, the OpenSAFELY
platform examined electronic health records from 17.4 million UK adults.
The authors used multivariable Cox proportional hazards model to identify
the association of risk of death with older age, lower socio-economic
status, being male, non-white ethnic background and certain clinical
conditions (diabetes, obesity, cancer, respiratory diseases, heart,
kidney, liver, neurological and autoimmune conditions). Notably, asthma
was identified as a risk factor, despite prior suggestion of a potential
protective role. Interestingly, higher risks due to ethnicity or lower
socio-economic status could not be completely attributed to pre-existing
health conditions.