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Message: [QUOTE="boba, post: 3474635, member: 1556"] Another possibility is hypertension is more prevalent in that cohort; hence, higher mortality due to respiratory / renal failure. not sure if this is behind paywall: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191[/URL] First if you are relying on THIS PLACE (and it's not the good place!) for advice (health, legal, marital, pizza) you came to the wrong place because it's infested with hobo's and transients that Fishy monitors as throat punching targets. next the important thing is to follow directions from the ones who do know. And they want us to wash hands, socially isolate, and be aware of surroundings and ourselves. Stay home if ill (or better yet, go visit your congressional representatives!) What will happen, will happen - we can't prevent it from happening but we can change the direction and magnitude (The flatten the curve thing.) Oh and Italy is an exceptionally poor model for predicting what will happen here. demographics are not easily compared due to age, social habits, etc.. [/QUOTE]