I think the air pollution is just as big of a problem as the smoking.

Feb 27, 2020
2:28:12pm

SweetBabyG Contributor

My wife grew up there and her family always says it was like smoking a pack a day. Recent studies have even said that:

Exposure to polluted air is like smoking a pack a day, study says

Long-term exposure to air pollution, especially ground-level ozone, is like smoking about a pack of cigarettes a day for many years, a new study says, and like smoking, it can can lead to emphysema.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/health/air-pollution-emphysema-study-climate-scn/index.html

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A more recent take on the Coronavirus

Milton

2/27/20 1:15pm

I think it is likely that school will be cancelled for at least part of the

kimdaddy35

2/27/20 1:18pm

School year or year-year?

Boanerges

2/27/20 1:36pm

sooner.. probably in the next month or two

byukarl

2/27/20 1:38pm

Interesting. I was thinking it would take longer to get here and spread.

Boanerges

2/27/20 1:38pm

School Year

kimdaddy35

2/27/20 1:46pm

if there is one thing mormons are good at it is preparing.. and having meetings

franklyvulgar

2/27/20 1:30pm

#2 is much stronger than #1. 😉

Boanerges

2/27/20 1:36pm

Just out of curiosity, what is the name of the expert your are citing?

Run-DMT

2/27/20 1:34pm

Bill Nye?

Boanerges

2/27/20 1:36pm

I'm curious too. I keep seeing work acquaintances pop up as coronavirus experts

SweetBabyG

2/27/20 2:03pm

Bumping so you'll see my answer below

Milton

2/27/20 3:35pm

RE: Just out of curiosity, what is the name of the expert your are citing?

Milton

2/27/20 3:31pm

Thx.

Run-DMT

2/27/20 3:36pm

Also not to sound callous, but the 12 deaths in Italy were elderly w/ health

Run-DMT

2/27/20 1:38pm

A lot of those elderly with comorbidities look in many ways like my parents,

SweetBabyG

2/27/20 1:57pm

Elderly men in China likely have lungs destroyed from yrs of smoking

Run-DMT

2/27/20 2:05pm

I think a general quarantine is futile. They should quarantine the high risk

StalwartBraveTrue

2/27/20 5:20pm

Totally agree. And your approach would help keep the economy moving.

Run-DMT

2/27/20 5:43pm

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akmewg

3/14/20 4:04am

Using numbers supplied by Milton and Biff, 43 Million people will die . . .

BlueSage

2/27/20 1:43pm

That doesn't seem inconceivable worldwide TBH

coolcats

2/27/20 1:58pm

Less than spanish influenza at least. I think panic and quarentine will lead to

SweetBabyG

2/27/20 2:09pm

That's why everyone should plan for a 3 to 4 week quarentine in the US.

byukarl

2/27/20 2:21pm

China studied 72,000 infected with the coronavirus and reported a death rate at 2.3%. Death rate much higher for

SierraCoug

2/27/20 1:58pm

72k confirmed. It’s likely a lot higher than that.

StalwartBraveTrue

2/27/20 5:03pm

I hope isolate for a time

byukarl

2/27/20 5:21pm

Some jobs you just can’t isolate for. My job is very face to face intensive.

StalwartBraveTrue

2/27/20 8:28pm

I was talking to someone who's visited China and I wonder if our China CBers

byukarl

2/27/20 2:19pm

In 2015, smoking prevalence was 27.7% (52.1% among men and 2.7% among women)

SweetBabyG

2/27/20 2:21pm

316 million adult smokers in China... WOW!

byukarl

2/27/20 2:24pm

I think the air pollution is just as big of a problem as the smoking.

SweetBabyG

2/27/20 2:28pm

That could affect Utahn's as well.. our air is horrible.

byukarl

2/27/20 2:30pm

Patently not true. It’s bad an average of 7 red air days a year. Big difference.

RUNBYU1

2/27/20 9:13pm

Well good

byukarl

2/28/20 6:59am

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