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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQ_Ef-OqrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQ_Ef-OqrI India's death rate has been much lower than the US. Part of this is bec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQ_Ef-OqrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQ_Ef-OqrI India's death rate has been much lower than the US. Part of this is because they're already doing widespread cholecalciferol roll-out. If cholecalciferol is not on 2021's CDCs/FDA/AMA number one recommendation list for pre-Covid control, I will have considered the AMA a complete and utter failure in the united states. Edit: Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha2mLz-Xdpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha2mLz-Xdpg

fortran77 6y ago
Don't underestimate how much of the US's problem (and UK, Canada, etc) was caused by obesity, too. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-deadly-people-obesity-even-if-theyre-young https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-de...
- jgalt212 6y ago
  Perhaps, but I'm sure we'd figure out another way to justify The Fed gifting the investor class $2T.
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- hjnilsson 6y ago
  Average age in India is 26. Average age in the US is 38. This probably accounts for the difference in death rate.
  - fortran77 6y ago
    From this article > We didn’t understand early on what a major risk factor obesity was. … It’s not until more recently that we’ve realized the devastating impact of obesity, particularly in younger people,” says Anne Dixon, a physician-scientist who studies obesity and lung disease at the University of Vermont. That “may be one reason for the devastating impact of COVID-19 in the United States, where 40% of adults are obese.”
kmonsen 6y ago
I don't know if that is conclusive. First of all it seems unlikely people in India don't get enough vitamin D, it is a lot further to the south and inside the area that should have enough sun year round. I don't think you can compare death rates in India and USA, the healthcare and accountability is just way different. Even though it is not great for the poorest ~50% in USA, it is really not good for the poorest ~90% in India. Those numbers are made up, but meant to illustrate that real healthcare in India is mostly for the wealthy.

fortran77 6y ago

Don't underestimate how much of the US's problem (and UK, Canada, etc) was caused by obesity, too. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-deadly-people-obesity-even-if-theyre-young https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-de...

jgalt212 6y ago
Perhaps, but I'm sure we'd figure out another way to justify The Fed gifting the investor class $2T.
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hjnilsson 6y ago
Average age in India is 26. Average age in the US is 38. This probably accounts for the difference in death rate.
- fortran77 6y ago
  From this article > We didn’t understand early on what a major risk factor obesity was. … It’s not until more recently that we’ve realized the devastating impact of obesity, particularly in younger people,” says Anne Dixon, a physician-scientist who studies obesity and lung disease at the University of Vermont. That “may be one reason for the devastating impact of COVID-19 in the United States, where 40% of adults are obese.”

kmonsen 6y ago

I don't know if that is conclusive. First of all it seems unlikely people in India don't get enough vitamin D, it is a lot further to the south and inside the area that should have enough sun year round. I don't think you can compare death rates in India and USA, the healthcare and accountability is just way different. Even though it is not great for the poorest ~50% in USA, it is really not good for the poorest ~90% in India. Those numbers are made up, but meant to illustrate that real healthcare in India is mostly for the wealthy.