"The chief of the National Health Institute, Silvio Brusaferro, warned that it is the flouting of the lockdown rules that produces the latest nefarious body-counts."
npr.org/sections/coron…
npr.org/sections/coron…
Is there something different about the Italian strain, a weakness in the countermeasures, a geographic or demographic element or some other systematic factor that is driving this firestorm?
There are a 100 odd mutations of the virus and the theory is that they're fundamentally alike. But we're still learning about it.
theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
"a person’s genes, the vagaries of their immune system, the amount of virus they’re exposed to, the other microbes in their bodies—might play a role too. In general, “it’s a mystery why some people have mild disease, even within the same age group,”
A "mystery" just means we don't have the answers, not necessarily that there are no answers.
