Republican leaders have moved to quash speculation about Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader in the US Senate, amid a growing revolt over the lack of transparency around his health.
The 84-year-old Kentucky politician, who led Senate Republicans for longer than anyone in history before stepping down last year, was admitted to hospital on 14 June but his office declined to say what he was being treated for.
Even a teenager will have bones broken, but that is far less impactful to them.
It can happen, but it’s not nearly as likely. I think for someone under 18 something it’s likely 1 in 4 might crack a rib or something. But yeah, a cracked rib or two and some soft tissue damage is a lot less drastic than the types of trauma the elderly are nearly guaranteed to get doing the same compressions.