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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by JoeAltmaier on Thursday February 27, 2020 @10:25AM (#22434048)
Curiously Iran's smoking rate is low - 1/3 of America's. I had thought that lung-compromised smokers were responsible for high mortality in some countries. Hm.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by mercer on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:53AM (#22434998)
That could still be true. I imagine there are a huge number of variables that influence mortality rates, to the point where finding correlations is difficult.

If I understand correctly, even the effect of weather/heat on various strains of viruses is extremely difficult to predict because of how many other factors play a role (air-conditioning, for example).

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