Posted on 12/18/2020 10:39:34 AM PST by Onthebrink
you have a higher risk if dying from everything if you are poor, including obesity, suicide, and gunshot wounds.
it’s called causal density.
More reasons not to be a democrat.
Should I link to the opening of An American Carol?
Why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDcI5suUv_I
The poor unsanitary communities/regions also have a higher chance of dying from dysentery, septic shock from a tooth-ache and pneumonia.
And that’s nothing new...
The results were written before the “study” was even begun.
You have a higher risk of dying of everything poor. Being poor sucks.
In the spirit of not blaming the poor, we can add: more crowded living conditions, more likely to rely on public transportation, less able to work from home.
Poverty can stem from ill health, less education, less intelligence.
In Scotland, the poor have to rely on National Health Service, and in this country, the working poor are likely to be uninsured and to forgo care.
Not all of the sufferings of the poor are self-inflicted.
So, where are all the stories about the homeless deaths from Covid? Seems like they’d be dying in droves and we’d be reading and hearing about how we have to “do something”.
It’s a miracle I’m still alive.
LOL
/desperately trying to work zombies into the equation
The poor should stop going to eat at The French Laundry, plus they save $1000 per meal.
Is that played with tinny violins?
I don’t recall any tinny violins in the Cuba “healthcare” scene from the movie.
Though it does have breath mints. < - . ^ >
It is a proven fact that overall health follows income/wealth in Western nations. This has been shown by numerous studies. The rate of obesity, diabetes, alcoholism, smoking, and drug usage is much higher among the poor than the middle class.
There are also other major factors when it is examined statistically. The poor are less likely to go to the doctor until the health issue is severe (this is a big one for mortality - cancer and heart disease). They are less likely to exercise. Their diet and overall nutrition tends to be very poor by choice - more junk food, sugars (diabetes), and lower quality food.
There is also an argument based on demographics that the poor typically receive lower health care quality - they are far less likely to go to their general practice doctor who is familiar with their health history - they tend to go to walk-in clinics and the ER.
All of this is well documented by hundreds if not thousands of studies here in the US, in Europe, and in Asia.
The fact that “Covid” follows these trend lines should not be a surprise to anyone.
Life for every person is dictated by their personal choices.
I would make an anecdotal observation about Covid that is interesting and frankly is very surprising to me. The incidences of Covid among our homeless populations seems to be lower than many of us expected when this first began. Why this appears to be true is an interesting question.
What is the fatality rate of the homeless?, it seems to me that they are probably some of the poorest of the poor, has there been a huge increase in homeless deaths?
Or is the increased deaths in the poor due to them being wards of the government and that the government doesn’t care if they live or die?.
Kinda strange since universal health care is “free”. Why should money dictate care? Hmmmmm. Maybe not all unicorns and rainbows after all.
Spearmint always reminds me of the Doublemint girls..
i’m sure they have more risk of dying from a lot of things, not just covid
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