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TIL: Northern Italy was pretty fucked up emission-wise even before Corona kicked in.

• sschueller 7y ago
  I wonder if the extremely high fatality count in Italy is due to the hight air pollution putting people in a higher risk.
  • jacquesm 7y ago
    Mostly due to age skew.
  • blauditore 7y ago
    Actually, fatality is most likely not as high as it appears from (confirmed) cases compared to deaths. A large fraction of cases may go unrecorded because people only have minor symptoms and don't get hospitalized. In places with more extensive testing, like South Korea, deaths make up < 1% of confirmed cases. And even there, it's assumed that not all of them have been recorded.