What I was getting at was the possibility of engineering a virus with symptoms that are more deadly for overweight people as a way of inflicting a higher death toll elsewhere than in China. I am aware that the obesity rate in China is rising, but I would be shocked if it was anywhere close to the United States.
That's a good point, but I think the obesity (which I think is actually classified as a co-morbidity) leads to a higher death toll rather than rate of infection.
Also, I'm not trying to say that they can wipe out obesity with this--just inflict a higher death rate on places with a higher obesity rates (and other health issues caused by lifestyle) while suffering less collateral damage.
Be careful. China outright lies in connection with any politically important information it releases. COVID-19 whistleblowers have been executed over there.
And China is being purported in the mainstream media as a perfect model for many things because the super rich think they and their descendants would live better--with a lower chance of ever losing their elite status--if there was a global dictatorship.
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I don't see the connection with the outbreaks.
What I was getting at was the possibility of engineering a virus with symptoms that are more deadly for overweight people as a way of inflicting a higher death toll elsewhere than in China. I am aware that the obesity rate in China is rising, but I would be shocked if it was anywhere close to the United States.
That's a good point, but I think the obesity (which I think is actually classified as a co-morbidity) leads to a higher death toll rather than rate of infection.
Also, I'm not trying to say that they can wipe out obesity with this--just inflict a higher death rate on places with a higher obesity rates (and other health issues caused by lifestyle) while suffering less collateral damage.
Be careful. China outright lies in connection with any politically important information it releases. COVID-19 whistleblowers have been executed over there.
And China is being purported in the mainstream media as a perfect model for many things because the super rich think they and their descendants would live better--with a lower chance of ever losing their elite status--if there was a global dictatorship.
Defending the Chinese Model An intriguing argument for Chinese authoritarianism over Western democracy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2015-06-28/defending-the-chinese-model
(That link seems to load until some kind of pop-up paywall kind of thing appears. I recommend temporarily disabling Javascript to read the article. Sorry.)