From Causes of Aging to Death from COVID-19

The document discussed how COVID-19 mortality increased exponentially with age, with men experiencing higher mortality rates than women due to faster aging. It highlighted that age-related diseases like diabetes and hypertension, which are manifestations of aging, further increased vulnerability to COVID-19. The hyperfunction theory of aging was used to explain the age-dependent nature of COVID-19 vulnerability, linking it to other age-related conditions and phenomena such as inflammaging and cytokine storms. The document suggested that anti-aging interventions, like rapamycin, could potentially reduce COVID-19 vulnerability by slowing aging and related diseases.