I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there is some kind of genetic predisposition among Italians, too.
In New Jersey they had six COVID-9 infections from one large Italian-American family. Three of them were fatalities, including the grandmother in her 80s and two adult children in their 50s.
36 posted on 03/20/2020 10:53:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
("Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules; I never could and still never do.")