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Re:Vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – ... by tomohawk on Sunday February 06, 2022 @08:59AM (#30232513)
80% of covid deaths are for people over 65, and 80% of the deaths below 65 involve obesity.

The US is has a very large percentage of obese people compared to other countries.

https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/are-we-fat-think/

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Re:Vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – ... by drekk on Sunday February 06, 2022 @08:05PM (#30238878)
Mexico has more obese people per capita than the US and Japan had an older population. Want to compare the US numbers to either of those countries? Then compare per capita healthcare spending.

The US doesn't have a public healthcare system. I don't get why it's so impossible for US residents to accept the consequences of that reality. Epidemics don't give a shit if you don't have paid sick leave and the US remains the only industrial country to not guarantee it.

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Re:Vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – ... by dontcare007 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:32AM (#30233366)
A very cold analysis might show that the early, quick covid deaths were a plus, in that the multiple morbidity individuals didn't place a long term, high cost strain on the Healthcare system.
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Re:Vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – ... by fosshogg on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:11AM (#30233169)
Didn’t Scott Adams go viral for pointing this out?
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Re:Vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – ... by andrekandre on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:31PM (#30238203)
what is the ratio of obese to low-income people? are they correlated?
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