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This is interesting... I wonder if we're eventually going to see that this virus is worse for Italian/Spanish/Portuguese genetics. Italy has been hit super hard
by MikeAmelung 7y ago
This is interesting... I wonder if we're eventually going to see that this virus is worse for Italian/Spanish/Portuguese genetics. Italy has been hit super hard, New York (the most Italian ancestry in the US) is being hit hard. Just a hypothesis, don't everyone try to kill me at once, please.
- arcticbull 7y agoInteresting hypothesis of course, I suspect it's because the outbreak was in Lombardy which is much older on average and has 3X the average number of comorbid conditions.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoItaly as a whole has a higher proportion of elderly folks. Also a lot of Italy and Spain have adults who tend to live at home or with (older) family, which also makes it far easier to expose them on an individual basis.