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The two most important parameters in respiratory fitness are:

1. whether the person smokes cigarettes

2. the pollution level of the country

And by both measures, the US is playing with a relatively decent hand.

(via MKM) #Covid_19
MKM makes this point to say:

"Might policymakers look at facts like these and not use an 'abundance of caution' to mandate policies that will force the world’s largest economy into recession?"
There are other variables, of course.

* America is arguably less likely to exercise broad lockdowns, like Italy has.

But .. America's median age is nearly nine years lower than, say, Italy's. All of these are factors.
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