Posted on 02/16/2020 9:15:58 PM PST by Bon mots
I agree, it sounds like B.S. to me. The lesser risk group have had lesser amounts of exposure.
I’d guess it’s behavior-related (did they visit China lately). Either that or maybe all men were not created equal.
“Why Utah lower risk than England”
Reads like they had a single data point for Utah....
...but, my wild unfounded conjecture would be that drier, lower oxygen, and potentially higher acidic climate in much of Utah would tend to be less virus friendly than damp, cold, mossy old England...regardless of ACE2 receptor count.
But I am neither a doctor nor do I play one on TV. I have however, stayed at an HI Express, but not lately.
Interesting.
Balding Caucasian in Virginia. (Looks at list). I am immune! (zero %)
....we stay clear of people who have been there recently (and are much more likely to be infected than the general public) and if we do come across infected people, we try to minimize our contact time and the number of those we do come across.
How many infected people have you come across? And, how did you know that they were infected?
The British were the colonial rulers of southeast Asia. As a result, there may be significant genetic mixing. Also, because of GB's historic ties to southeast Asia, a lot of Asian's from that area live in the UK. Indeed, according to Wikipedia, almost 7% of the UK population is Asian.
Is it good or bad?
Ancestry, 23andMe, and other genetic testing companies sell their data to the Chinese, enabling them to further refine their bio-weapons.
We have elderly people who don’t attend church during flu/cold season. Our pastor has a pod cast for them
It begs to ask ‘does smoking cause the lungs to produce more ACE2 receptors as the original ones are stressed with pollutants?’
The nationality % chart is interesting but what does it mean?
If British are at 61%, that means they are at 61% likelihood to have a high number of ACE-2 receptors?
But what is High vs normal or low?
And are you less likely to get sick if you have normal ACE-2 receptors as opposed to high? And if you do get sick, does that mean you won’t get as sick?
Maybe more British smoke.
See #75 this thread.
What about the Hong Kong protesters?
There is a huge genetic difference between Southeast Asia and South Asia.
South Asians are Hindu/Muslims from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In the UK, they are known as Asians. Chinese, Malaysians, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Koreans are known as Orientals.
“This is China getting rid of the aged and sick”
Gordon Chang wrote a book called the coming collapse of China (about ten years ago).
China’s pig production collapsed and they just agreed to buy a lot of agricultural products from the US. Their economy is collapsing. I don’t think Xi intended to buy all that and have his economy drained. This is China reducing its population. Wonder if Xi and friends have been administered a vaccine.
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