Three countries we hear are doing better than others with #coronavirus are Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. What do they have in common? Genes is one thing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_peoples …
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Other disguising factors include air quality, population density, mass transit, humidity, international travel volume, average age, average health, housing, lying governments, availability of malaria meds, and more.
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I worry that political correctness prevents us from being more aggressive in finding genetic markers. When the under-60 and healthy people die, you have to suspect genes in that situation.
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Experts, correct me if wrong, but it seems to me that genetic testing is the easiest thing we could scale up, using existing samples from 23andMe-type companies to see who has high risk (assuming we find the genes responsible).
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Of all the "back to work" strategies under consideration, identifying and protecting the genetically vulnerable might be the quickest and safest path to an "acceptable" death count. I believe a number of people are pursuing this path but we don't hear as much about it.
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There were reports early on that this virus has a predisposition for those of Northern Asian extraction. Which means there is data out there. No idea as to the quality, obviously.
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Somewhat explained by that population having more untreated health issues to start. At least in terms of death rates.
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New York’s high death toll has probably been elevated because of the widespread exposure to asbestos dust from the fall of the Twin Towers on 9/11.
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