A factor unique to Italy is a high level of air pollution in Northern Italy that would account for more than 8,000 fatalities even without the virus. Air pollution increases the risk of viral lung
diseases in very young and in the very old. A household feature of Italy is the cohabitation of the very young and the very old (27.4% of the population) such that the very young can pass the virus to the very old who are at a high risk of death from the virus.
STATEMENT BY DR SUCHARIT BHAKDI ON COVID-19 EPIDEMIOLOGY
MARCH 2020
SOURCE DOCUMENT: [LINK] THE VIDEO IN GERMAN: [LINK]
BELOW IS AN EDITED AND ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THE BHAKDI ANALYSIS
As Emeritus of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz and long time
director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology, I feel obliged to critically
question the far-reaching restrictions on public life that we are currently taking
on ourselves in order to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. It is expressly not my intention to play down the dangers of the virus or to spread a political message. However, I feel it is my duty to make a scientific contribution to put the current data and facts into perspective. In addition, to ask questions that are in danger of being overlooked in the heat of the debate. My concern is that unforeseeable socioeconomic consequences of the drastic containment measures which are…
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