<story><title>Paul Alexander, ‘the man in the iron lung’, has died</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68555051</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ParetoOptimal</author><text>Your implication that covid is unavoidable is false. I&amp;#x27;ve avoided getting it by being purposefully covid conscious.</text></item><item><author>lr4444lr</author><text>COVID made its way to Antarctica. I have no doubt 4 years later that it would find its way to Paul Alexander&amp;#x27;s home.</text></item><item><author>bonaldi</author><text>Curious that the story doesn&amp;#x27;t mention he died of Covid – an infection that, you&amp;#x27;d expect someone with his condition to be extremely keen to avoid, and who should have been able to, given reasonable precautions from his visitors.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kelnos</author><text>Your lack of COVID is certainly largely due to being purposeful and careful, but there&amp;#x27;s still a component of luck.  The only sure-fire way to avoid it is to stay locked up and away from all other humans and things other humans have potentially breathed on.  Anything less and there&amp;#x27;s always a decent chance you&amp;#x27;ll get it despite your precautions.&lt;p&gt;Also, you may have gotten it, were asymptomatic, and didn&amp;#x27;t notice.  COVID is fun like that.</text></comment>
<story><title>Paul Alexander, ‘the man in the iron lung’, has died</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68555051</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ParetoOptimal</author><text>Your implication that covid is unavoidable is false. I&amp;#x27;ve avoided getting it by being purposefully covid conscious.</text></item><item><author>lr4444lr</author><text>COVID made its way to Antarctica. I have no doubt 4 years later that it would find its way to Paul Alexander&amp;#x27;s home.</text></item><item><author>bonaldi</author><text>Curious that the story doesn&amp;#x27;t mention he died of Covid – an infection that, you&amp;#x27;d expect someone with his condition to be extremely keen to avoid, and who should have been able to, given reasonable precautions from his visitors.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unclad5968</author><text>You have no way of knowing that. Some people are asymptomatic.</text></comment>