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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by Symmetry on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:09AM (#22546440)
It's less about the median age than the numbers in the categories at highest risk. If you compare the population pyramids of the two Italy has many more people over 65. Number of hospital beds per capita is also a big deal.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/republic-of-korea/2019/

https://www.populationpyramid.net/italy/2019/

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