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Asians don't get the virus (at normal rates)

Economist
6ee7

For this reason, we investigated the involvement of genetic factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection with a focus on angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-related genes, because ACE2 is a receptor for SARS-CoV-2. We found that the ACE1 II genotype frequency in a population was significantly negatively correlated with the number of SARS-CoV-2 cases. Similarly, the ACE1 II genotype was negatively correlated with the number of deaths due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. These data suggest that the ACE1 II genotype may influence the prevalence and clinical outcome of COVID-19 and serve as a predictive marker for COVID-19 risk and severity.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378111920306132

8 months ago # QUOTE 1 Jab 1 No Jab !
Economist
77a0

Ethnically targeted bioweapon in development which accidentally got released from the lab.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/08/12/world-must-prepare-biological-weapons-target-ethnic-groups-based/a

8 months ago # QUOTE 5 Jab 2 No Jab !
Economist
7c2c

“We discovered that a gene (ACE1) and its genotype (I/D) seem to provide a plausible explanation for why some ethnic groups, especially Europeans populations, have been more heavily affected by SARS-CoV-2 than Asians populations. We believe that this is a very unique and important issue in infectious diseases. Such an ethnic difference was never experienced in the past, even in the influenza pandemic of 1918 that caused high rates of mortality or with SARS and MERS, which in many respects are thought to be very similar to COVID-19.”

So never before has a virus been found that attacks some ethnic groups at a greater and more intense tprate than others.

Very suspicious no?

8 months ago # QUOTE 4 Jab 2 No Jab !
Economist
7c2c

For just a flu bros citing low IFR in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea, here’s an explanation....

8 months ago # QUOTE 5 Jab 1 No Jab !
Economist
7c2c

Bots are silent on this one...

8 months ago # QUOTE 1 Jab 0 No Jab !
Economist
77b8

a certain chill fratty targeted bioweapon

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Jab 0 No Jab !
Economist
7c2c

Chill and fatty indeed....

8 months ago # QUOTE 0 Jab 0 No Jab !
Economist
a967

Or it could be that the harmless precursors of SARS-Cov 2 were harmless because of the high
prevalence of this ACE variant in this population. Now it's less lethal for the same reason.

Same reason that malaria killed off a lot of the colonizers but only made the people in areas where it was endemic sick, with lower mortality rates.

It's called natural selection. Read science books instead of watching Fox news.

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Jab 6 No Jab !
Economist
ee98

this is as dmb as that study that said that eating cabbage must prevent it because central europe got fewer deaths than western europe

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Jab 1 No Jab !
Economist
adcf

Or it could be that the harmless precursors of SARS-Cov 2 were harmless because of the high
prevalence of this ACE variant in this population. Now it's less lethal for the same reason.
Same reason that malaria killed off a lot of the colonizers but only made the people in areas where it was endemic sick, with lower mortality rates.
It's called natural selection. Read science books instead of watching Fox news.

Or maybe you should read the actual articles instead of posting lines you copied out from the Global Times and Chinese television?

8 months ago # QUOTE 3 Jab 1 No Jab !
Economist
7b49

Or it could be that the harmless precursors of SARS-Cov 2 were harmless because of the high
prevalence of this ACE variant in this population. Now it's less lethal for the same reason.
Same reason that malaria killed off a lot of the colonizers but only made the people in areas where it was endemic sick, with lower mortality rates.
It's called natural selection. Read science books instead of watching Fox news.

The evidence of past natural selection as a result to an endemic illness doesn't exclude the possibility that someone is now trying to develop a bioweapon based on different dna.

8 months ago # QUOTE 5 Jab 1 No Jab !
Economist
5f9f

They were experimenting on it, no doubt in that.

8 months ago # QUOTE 0 Jab 0 No Jab !
Economist
9fcc

odd how the middle east is an exception.

8 months ago # QUOTE 0 Jab 0 No Jab !
Economist
2c4f

If they wanted to get rid of our fat rent seeking boomers that badly all they needed to do was ask nicely

-millennial bro

8 months ago # QUOTE 0 Jab 0 No Jab !
Economist
59cb

This cannot be the entire story. Asian Americans died more from coronavirus relative to white Americans, after adjusting for population sizes. A better explanation is that the U.S. public health system is a disaster.

https://covidtracking.com/race

8 months ago # QUOTE 3 Jab 3 No Jab !
Economist
2908

This cannot be the entire story. Asian Americans died more from coronavirus relative to white Americans, after adjusting for population sizes. A better explanation is that the U.S. public health system is a disaster.
https://covidtracking.com/race

obesity?

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Jab 0 No Jab !
Economist
fc35

Singapore has 50K cases and their population is 6 million. South Korea has 14K cases and their population is 50 million. No, it is not about genetics at all...

US has 5 million cases and their population is 300 million. Germany has 200K cases and their population is 80 million. Is this because of genetics?

Dear US bro, it is just because your government has failed. Just admit it and wear a mask.

I don't understand how people who have phd degree can believe this.

8 months ago # QUOTE 5 Jab 4 No Jab !
Economist
efae

The difference isn't receptor.

The difference is having an Asian leader coordinate the most complicated and difficult leadership task in the history of the modern world.

Look at Hawaii. Their rate of death and infection is far lower than the rest of America. Asian Americans in Hawaii have far lower death rates than Asian Americans in the mainland.

The difference is simple. Hawaii has an Asian American governor. Japan, Taiwan, Korea, they all have Asian leaders.

Asians are gifted at math, which is a proxy for problem solving. There is no harder problem to solve than COVID.

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Jab 2 No Jab !
Economist
59cb

This cannot be the entire story. Asian Americans died more from coronavirus relative to white Americans, after adjusting for population sizes. A better explanation is that the U.S. public health system is a disaster.
https://covidtracking.com/race

obesity?

Not too sure what you meant by "obesity", but Asian Americans are pretty lean, at least by American standards.

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=55

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Jab 2 No Jab !
Economist
a35e

Or, you know, East Asian countries handled the virus properly because they knew from historical experience not to trust China's government.

8 months ago # QUOTE 3 Jab 0 No Jab !

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