I think how they record the data is critical and at present it...

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    I think how they record the data is critical and at present it is not uniform. If someone has a serious underlying illness such as AIDS and contracts the virus they will have very little immunity, however they are recorded as a CV death if they succumb to pneumonia. Similarly if a person is 90 and in poor health, again if they have a trace of the virus it is recorded as causing their death even if they're body just gave up to Father Time. There is no uniform methodology across countries so it's near impossible to gauge the numbers. Also a country demographic such as age, health and wealth play a huge role. Italy is an old population and a lot of smokers, USA have an obesity problem and a health care system that favours the wealthy with an aging population. Is there an ethnic group who are more susceptible or over represented in the numbers? We do know that older males are more susceptible. If they had a uniform method of recording actual data it would make a lot more sense and may ease or increase people's anxiety but we would know what's really happening.
 
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