On Why seniors die:  basic biology lesson:  the high rate of death among seniors is because of their metabolic dysfunction resulting in the lowered production of the energy molecule ATP which is produced in every cell by the mitochondria.  Mitochondria  are tiny factories inside an  organelle with a cell.  Their main function is to put a phosphate group on ADT molecule and  turn ADP into an ATP molecule.  Reactions in the body then remove the phosphate molecule and use the energy released for thousands of different uses.  95% of the energy producing chemical reactions involve ATP’s conversion to ADP—the removal of a phosphate group.  ATP is the energy molecule created from the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates.  Old age reduces the rate of production of ATP in the mitochondria of very cell—thus the reduced endurance with age.  Less ATP causes all tissues and cells to function significantly less than when that person was 20-years old.  Three main events affect the production of ATP:  1) old age, 2) certain conditions such as advanced cancer and diabetes, and 3) over one-third of the prescription drugs taken.  All three of these affect the immune system, which like all other systems uses ATP for its energy (functions).  These 3 effects explain why nearly all of the deaths are among the infirmed and the seniors.  The highest death rate is in assisted living facilities because those places make a kickback (spread) for their doctors prescribing drugs and living in a group facility where they are exposed to those with the flu, coronavirus, and other illnesses. 

This brings me to the BIG piece of obvious advice that is obvious and isn’t given because it effects profits.    If elderly or infirmed, then stop taking those drugs that significantly lower the production of ATP, they weaken your immune response.  The immune system runs, like everything else in your body upon the ATP molecule.  Second, since influenza is a greater risk than the coronavirus, this should be done every season. This is the main reason you don’t hear about stopping certain drugs during the cold season to lower the risk of becoming sick, and if infirmed and elderly of dying.  . 

Drugs that lower the production of ATP  Polypharmacy is a major cause in that a number of drugs down-regulate the mitochondria and as a consequence promote morbidity by down regulating the immune system which runs upon ATP (adenosine triphosphate).    It is likely with polypharmacy more than one drug lowers the production of ATP.  A German study of 750 in a row hospital-admissions published in 2016 found that those for in their seventies, they averaged 6 prescriptions medications, the high being 22 and the low 0.  The widely prescribed statins (over 60% for senior men) take them.  They lower partially by blocking the mevalonate pathway about 40%, depending on dose, and in that pathway is the production of CoQ10, which is essential in the electron train transport of the Krebs cycle’s production of ATP, thus they promote in senior illness and much, much more.  Since ATP supplies the muscles with energy, statins promote death from a myocardial infarction.  It is widely acknowledge that (A) the lipid hypothesis is a scam, and thus (B) that lowering cholesterol is part of that scam; viz., statins do not prevent in the real-world population ischemic events.   Nearly all current neuroleptic drugs (affect nerve cells) lower metabolism and thus  ATP.  Many conditions are treated with neuroleptic drugs besides emotional conditions;  such as COPD, premenstrual syndrome, pain, migraines, seizures, nausea, hypertension, and others.  If drowsiness is a side effect and it isn’t an opioid, then it is likely a neuroleptic drug.  Those two types of medications in addition to lowering ATP, also reduce cognitive functions,  libido, muscle tone thereby increases risk of death from heart attack (the heart is a muscle), and they increase the risk for dementia.   By reducing cognitive function, the patient is more likely to rely upon their physician and take very pill he recommends.  Third, very obvious, avoid the immunosuppressant drugs.  By now you should know about the role of industries, and how they put profits before people—etc.   

General sound advice during winter season if in the high-risk group:  How carefully you should follow these depends on your risk factors.  1) Stop taking drugs that suppress immune function either directly or through diminished production of ATP.  2) wear a hospital type mask in public, 3) avoid those who have a cold.  4) stay out of commercial heated building were the air is recirculated, 5) since there is no effective treatment for the RNA viruses such including  influenza and coronavirus stay away from clinics where you be in a room with sick people.[1] 6) Don’t rely on the information supplied by physicians and the media since both are repeating pharma who puts profits before people—put garbage in and you get garbage out.  7) when possible exposed to droplets, rub your hands against your pants or skirt to shed most of them.  8)  change the mask often when in a high-risk area.  9) wash the mask with dilute bleach or hydrogen peroxide if they are to be reused. 

The virus is small enough that some will be sucked through the mask, and the droplet that are expelled by a sick person, they will dry-out and some viruses will be sucked into your lungs.  Replace your mask frequently.  The virus must enter the lungs in large numbers, not be trapped in the phlegm.  These RNA viruses are the respiratory type, in your stomach or eyes they are harmless, in the lungs, they reproduce in the alveola cells as designed.  There must be enough of them to overwhelm the system which destroys infected cells with their virus content.   For example, my immune system has got me through 75 flu seasons, and failed just once in the winter of 1973.  Having the flu is different in degree of severity compared to the grip by a factor of 2 or more.   Think back on the last time you were bed ridden cold for over a week between November and April, and wouldn’t consider going anywhere; that was likely caused by influenza.