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Re:European mortality monitoring shows increase in excess mo... by 8bitsrule on Friday April 24, 2020 @07:22AM (#22966814)
Speaking of pollution:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/20/air-poll...

Title: Strong correlation between Covid deaths and high air pollution

"Research shows almost 80% of deaths across four countries were in most polluted regions"

Study: 'Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality'

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138605

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Re:European mortality monitoring shows increase in excess mo... by bayesian_horse on Friday April 24, 2020 @08:17AM (#22967143)
I haven't read those studies but I do hope they controlled for population density...
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