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This is very true. One of our comrades with medical background drew
attention to this in a recently published article:
https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/global/no-most-likely-it-is-not-covid-19-that-is-going-to-kill-you/
Bloomberg reports: "More than 99 per cent of Italy’s coronavirus
fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions,
according to a study by the country’s national health authority."
(https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3075851/coronavirus-italy-says-99-people-who-died-had-other-illnesses)
<https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3075851/coronavirus-italy-says-99-people-who-died-had-other-illnesses>
Am 20.03.2020 um 03:08 schrieb Chris Slee via Marxism:
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An article by Sarah Newey in the Telegraph cites several factors, including
high rates of air pollution in northern Italy, high rates of smoking, and the
high proportion of old people (Italy has the second oldest population in the
world, and 87 percent of deaths are patients over 70 years old).
Staffing levels in hospitals are inadequate.
But there is also an issue in recording the cause of death. In Italy all who
die in hospital with the virus are assumed to be dying as a result of the
virus, though most of them also have at least one other disease.
Chris Slee
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I was just checking the latest mortality statistics. According to the site
below, the mortality rate of those counted is a massive 8.3% in Italy,
while it's a minuscule 0.28% in Germany. Presumably a large part of that
difference is due to Italy having missed thousands of cases, thus having
reduced the total number. But that massive of a difference? Does anybody
have any idea how to explain it?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR2kuIKZC6pBYubhUdS_M-Rsp3OOwZ9b0mHCzgLD-dTr64gAhBMR-vI34ss#countries
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