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Texas has 248 deaths & that& #39;s death/million (below are :
Texas 9
California 15
USA 57
New Jersey 218
Michigan 129
Massachusetts 88
&
New York 400 (worst in world & worse than Spain).
Wide range in response/fatality.
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Texas 9
California 15
USA 57
New Jersey 218
Michigan 129
Massachusetts 88
&
New York 400 (worst in world & worse than Spain).
Wide range in response/fatality.
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This virus attacks people (lives & livelihood). People die if politicians & bureaucrats don& #39;t contain the outbreak or have already public health that have general public that& #39;s healthy to deal w/ this.
Most deaths are in New York & New Jersey & increasingly the rust belt.
Most deaths are in New York & New Jersey & increasingly the rust belt.
Deaths occur when you have so many of the population infected & public health system overwhelmed so the people that get sick don& #39;t get the help they need or they are already too sick or too many sick to give adequate care.
We& #39;re seeing that in NY & increasingly New Jersey. And..
We& #39;re seeing that in NY & increasingly New Jersey. And..
On top of higher # of people infected = higher deaths just a math issue) = higher chance of death if a certain area has too many very ill as limited public health to help, we got another issue in America that needs to be WIDELY DISCUSSED & changed: High incidence of obesity. High
Obesity in America, look at the statistics below. Hit ratio on average is >40% prevalence & highest for African American women at 56.9% (higher than black men 41.1%).
Men
Asian 17.5%
White 44.7%
Black 41.1%
Hispanic 45.7%
Women
Asian 17.2%
White 39.8%
Hispanic 43.7%
Black 56.9%
Men
Asian 17.5%
White 44.7%
Black 41.1%
Hispanic 45.7%
Women
Asian 17.2%
White 39.8%
Hispanic 43.7%
Black 56.9%
This is the biggest public health failure in America. We can discuss the cause (many a study on this & I am not a sociologist so I won& #39;t) but this is major problem & if we care about our fellow Americans: We must fix this.
Hit ratio too high for obesity, which is a disease.
Hit ratio too high for obesity, which is a disease.
So now we have reports that say Covid-19 is a disease that kills more of a certain race (African American) & a certain gender (male) but studies across the world shows that it kills more people with preexisting conditions & also obese people.
Reflects our public health failure.
Reflects our public health failure.
We must get back to basics & focus on the public health of Americans. How did we get so obese? How do we as a society come to accept this as OK?
It& #39;s not OK. And the virus exposes this over & over again that u need your citizens to be fit & in good health. Public health matters.
It& #39;s not OK. And the virus exposes this over & over again that u need your citizens to be fit & in good health. Public health matters.
