Quote Originally Posted by Xville View Post
That’s not what mid was saying. What he said, is in his statement, what you said is a separate argument. Sure, if the country was a bit healthier, the pandemic may be marginally better here. However, then what is Italy’s excuse since they are one of the healthiest countries in the world? Our culture here is probably just as big of a factor as overall health as it relates to covid. Plus, a virus is going to do what a virus is going to do.
MiD can chime in, should he so choose, in regards to what he meant.

I think Italy has at least two problems:

1. An older population (one of the oldest in the world according to this website: https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-by-age-group/)
2. From what I recall at the beginning of the pandemic, Italy did a poor job of protecting the elderly (whether that was due to choices made or lack of preparedness or some other factor I do not recall).

If you have an older population and don't prioritize their protection, you are going to see a lot of death in a situation like the one we find ourselves in now.

I agree, the virus is going to do what the virus is going to do. It looks like we can mitigate to a degree, but a virus seems to find a way so that we are, at best, delaying the inevitable - and if we go the route of lockdowns we are destroying the economy and, arguably, delaying the development of herd immunity. As for the vaccines, it appears the one possible mitigating effort that might work may require a booster every 6-8 months (at least when a new variant such as delta becomes dominant).

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