Current Events > Why the COVID-19 mortality rate is so high in the US compared to South Korea

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Largest US study of COVID-19 finds obesity the single biggest 'chronic' factor in New York City's hospitalizations
https://www.zdnet.com/article/nyu-scientists-largest-u-s-study-of-covid-19-finds-obesity-the-single-biggest-factor-in-new-york-critical-cases/

US obesity rate: 40%

South Korea obesity rate: 5.3%
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170521000214

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That likely has something to do with it, but more of it is that South Korea tested and tracked the shit out of it at the start. Quarantined anyone testing positives and then went and tested anyone that they had contact with.

So they had a lot of confirmed cases early by locating the asymptomatic and quarantining them.

South Korea is also smarter so that helped

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People are complaining and protesting that they want to go out because of their "Rights"

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realnifty1 posted...

That likely has something to do with it, but more of it is that South Korea tested and tracked the shit out of it at the start. Quarantined anyone testing positives and then went and tested anyone that they had contact with.

So they had a lot of confirmed cases early by locating the asymptomatic and quarantining them.

It's true, they tested more, but the South Koreans who got the disease had a higher chance of survival because they are naturally healthier.

People in the US eat like pigs. Obesity is the 2nd biggest factor in the mortality rate, after age. If you're old and obese... that's really bad news.

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