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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Tragic. What factors has made the virus more deadly in Italy than other places?
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Forgive my ignorance, but what role might cultural factors play into it? I read somewhere that Italians like to greet with cheek kisses, I think that would probably spread the disease faster if it is common practice (I have no clue).
Much of the US is I think going to get a little luckier because there's not much mass transit and people like their personal space. By contrast in Asia, people crowd closer together in public spaces, generally speaking. NYC is going to be very, very bad though. The bars and clubs were all full a week ago.
Also I'm not aware of to what extent breaking quarantine might be a factor in Italy, but in Korea a large number of the cases are attributed to two cases of dumbasses infecting huge numbers of people at churches.