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The infection rate is also commensurate with general immune system fitness. Remember in bad covid what we observe is vascular system failure, and we know that
by hntrowaway837 5y ago
The infection rate is also commensurate with general immune system fitness.
Remember in bad covid what we observe is vascular system failure, and we know that chronic hyperglycemia damages blood vessels. Combine that with non functional immune systems and this is what you get.
- kube-system 5y agoSwitzerland has a higher life expectancy than South Korea, and has a very wealthy and healthy population. Spain and Italy have both held the titles of "healthiest country in the world" in recent years. All three have incidence rates more than an order of magnitude larger than South Korea. Wearing respiratory protection equipment protects against respiratory contaminants. Testing people and tracing contacts helps to contain outbreaks. The answer is really that simple. South Korea was one of (if not) the first countries to start an aggressive testing and tracing program. On TV, I watched their citizens line up in cars at mass testing sites months before my multi-billion-dollar healthcare conglomerate here in the US even had testing available at all.
- hntrowaway837 5y agoMy country wore masks too, did everybody in SK wore N95s or more?
- kube-system 5y agoKF94s are extremely popular in SK, and it was not unusual to see people wearing masks even before the COVID outbreak.