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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I need a fact-check, but I believe the NYC death counts include a high number of Chinese-American citizens. It is easy to imagine a genetic risk factor that is disguised by how well South Korea and Hong Kong mitigated.
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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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The thought of government deciding when and how we can resume a normal social and economic lives being based on genetic testing and evaluated by bureaucrats is just something that will not be tolerated.
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No one suggests that. But telling people their risks and letting them decide seems sensible.
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Given this disease can be almost completely avoided by staying 6-feet from others whenever possible, washing your hands often and not touching your face, I think we know the risks and should be left to decide.
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That's the current situation. We're only on lock-down because the public still trusts the government...enough. For now.
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