Posted on 12/18/2020 10:39:34 AM PST by Onthebrink
A new study makes a startling claim: You have a higher risk of dying from coronavirus if you are poor.
A New Study
People residing in Scotland’s poorest regions have a higher chance of dying from the novel coronavirus compared to those living in more affluent areas, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow.
Considered the first nationwide study of its kind and published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health—Europe, the research also discovered that patients from the most economically disadvantaged regions were more at risk of intensive care unit admission and that those less-funded hospitals were more likely to be at or over capacity.
“A number of factors could be driving this link between poverty and severe disease, including poor housing, increased use of public transport, and financial pressures to continue working,” lead researcher Dr. Nazir Lone, a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, said in a news release.
“The most deprived communities, and the hospitals that serve them, will need extra support as the pandemic continues.”
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“About the homeless and their low rate of COVID. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that many are outdoors a lot, and they get that vitamin D from the sun?????”
Could be the vitamin D from the sun or the possibility that many were killed by others or from ODs, alcohol abuse, infections and other self inflicted health problems years ago.
Darwin thins out that herd on a daily basis.
Well, yeah. People with money and insurance want a cure. People without money or insurance want to avoid getting the disease to begin with. So?
And think again. Most of those dying are old.
You have a higher risk of dying from a gun shot if you’re poor so what’s the point?
LOL. Or as Bob Hope referred - "you mean democrats?"
But only a market system gives people an incentive to take risks for the health of those in the future.
It is the way of the world.
Exactly right. It’s sad but true.
You read my mind.
:D
... and cheap laughs.
Pretty sure you have a higher risk of dying from everything if you’re poor
THINK, people !!!
Anyone who is poor has a higher risk of dying from the smallest thing.
You probably have a higher risk of dying from almost any medical aliment if you're poor.
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