Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes
by koheripbal on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:39PM
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Iceland is also far less densely populated
Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes
by kmm on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:02PM
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Honest question, is that relevant? Two thirds of the population live in the capital region, measuring just over 1% of the area of the country. Iceland is according to some measures one of the most urbanized countries in the world [0]. The virus can't "feel" there are vast swathes of uninhabited land out there, can it?
Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes
by koheripbal on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:46PM
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No packed mass transit like other dense urban centers. Even their "urban center" is much less dense than other cities.
Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes
by behnamoh on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:04PM
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Yes but the population of Island (364K) is way less than many other countries, so it's much easier to control the disease.
To put things in perspective, the US population is 328M.
Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes
by talideon on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:07PM
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The population of Iceland is also highly concentrated in one spot on the west of the island. We're talking over 1/3 of the country. If you take in the Greater Reykjavik area, you're talking about 2/3 of the population.
People bring this up when it comes to smaller countries, but it doesn't take into account population concentration, which is much more important than sheer population size or density.
Iceland has been very effective.
http://covid.is
It would be correct to think that at 66 degrees north, and a lot of cloud cover, there is significant risk for Vitamin D deficiency. The consequence is near religious attention to taking fish oil supplements. Doctors routinely screen, Vitamin D tablets are prominently on sale in all the supermarkets etc. It's definitely a data point.