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You Have A Higher Risk Of Dying From Coronavirus If You Are Poor
19FortyFive ^ | 12/18/2020 | Ethen Kim Lieser

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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TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; health; poverty
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To: hsmomx3

“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.


61 posted on 12/18/2020 11:56:51 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Our 2nd Civil War started, Friday, December 11th, 2020! As we can not have real elections anymore)
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To: Onthebrink
Population density, poor diet, poor health and unsanitary living conditions tracks poverty closely. So how do they know it's just poverty?

62 posted on 12/18/2020 12:00:13 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Onthebrink

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?


63 posted on 12/18/2020 12:09:03 PM PST by familyop
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To: Onthebrink

And think again. Most of those dying are old.


64 posted on 12/18/2020 12:13:51 PM PST by familyop
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To: Onthebrink

You have a higher risk of dying from a gun shot if you’re poor so what’s the point?


65 posted on 12/18/2020 12:14:13 PM PST by Renkluaf
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To: Salamander
zombies

LOL. Or as Bob Hope referred - "you mean democrats?"

66 posted on 12/18/2020 12:23:47 PM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: ImpBill
Exactly. Doesn’t matter what the economic system is, having more wealth buys you more of everything you want to buy, including health.

But only a market system gives people an incentive to take risks for the health of those in the future.

67 posted on 12/18/2020 12:24:10 PM PST by untenured
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To: Onthebrink
My guess is that you have a higher risk of dying from almost anything if you are poor.

It is the way of the world.

68 posted on 12/18/2020 12:25:56 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: ImpBill

Exactly right. It’s sad but true.


69 posted on 12/18/2020 12:35:58 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free" Galatians 5:1)
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To: Sirius Lee

You read my mind.

:D


70 posted on 12/18/2020 12:41:37 PM PST by Salamander (There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
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To: Track9

... and cheap laughs.


71 posted on 12/18/2020 1:28:58 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Onthebrink

Pretty sure you have a higher risk of dying from everything if you’re poor


72 posted on 12/18/2020 3:15:31 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (If we disarmed democrats gun violence would decrease by 90%.)
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To: Onthebrink

THINK, people !!!

Anyone who is poor has a higher risk of dying from the smallest thing.


73 posted on 12/18/2020 3:57:34 PM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Onthebrink
You have a higher risk of dying from coronavirus if you are poor.

You probably have a higher risk of dying from almost any medical aliment if you're poor.

74 posted on 12/18/2020 4:00:28 PM PST by Fzob
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