Some people were unable to turn the captions on for this video when we posted it the other night. For anyone wishing to see a well reputed Dr., Professor who is an infectious disease specialist, please watch and share your thoughts here. Frankly between this fellow and General Spalding, it feels like the picture is starting to fill in nicely.
There are a couple of videos by this man subsequent to this one which I will post below. Anyone having difficulty with the titles let me know and I will try and do the same as what is done with the video above.
There is reason in what this man says. I think the predictive value of his reasoning will be known within a week however. If the death rate is the same as Italy’s, somewhere where the air is clear and people have a healthy lifestyle, he may want to take up a hobby.
(Update: I retract the comment about the hobby. I was trying to find a way to cover my own butt by holding him accountable to the consequences of his theory. But in fact his, is good reasoning and valuable food for thought and everyone must be entitled to state their opinion, especially experts, without fear of the sort of snide remark that I made above)
What an impressive and humane fellow! I hope he’s right. I think he might be.
What he is saying makes sense, the massive air pollution in China and Italy may be why the death rates there are so much higher. All of the other analysis just make an overall comparison and don’t ask why some places have much higher death rates. As you say this theory will be proven (or not) over the next couple of weeks.
I totally agree.
New York City – Very bad. We are seeing a decrease in cases in NY, probably because less dense traffic on the streets.
California – all the germs in the air from all the crap on the streets mixed in with this particular virus, not a pretty story.
Major THANK YOU to the translator.
There are almost no cases in cooler countries.
Heat and pollution traps the bad air. It prevents it from escaping upward.
The Greta anonymous said scientist groups do place their pollution devices in cities and outskirts, on the ground.
My philosophy has always been that we are over-populated. We concentrate in big cities but while we expand, high-rise towers and more follow suit such as eradication of forests that absorb the pollution.
It would be easy to blame the oil industry but the real problem is population concentrations and overpopulation.
QUESTION: Any data on Mexico City? That’s one hell of a place. I was there a few times, very really bad.
Here is a review that I agree with:
The Main Artery of Mexico City
“If this avenue is the main artery of Mexico City, and it is, then the city is suffering from serious cardiovascular disease. All of Mexico City endures bad air, but the air on Paseo de la Reforma is lethal. It will literally bring tears to your eyes and lump to your throat. And you are not going to be any too happy about either.
My wife and I tried driving it in a cab once (snails move faster!) and we tried walking it twice. All three times we had to admit defeat and head off on side street leading back to our apartment in La Condesa.
Yes, the buildings are impressive. Yes, the shops are wonderful. Yes, the restaurants serve delicious food. Yes, you have Chapultepec Park, one of the world’s biggest and best urban parks, at one end and the historic center at the other, with Alameda Central (park) in the middle. Impressive, no? Yes, if you survive it.”
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g150800-d152798-Reviews-Paseo_de_la_Reforma-Mexico_City_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html
“If the death rate is the same as Italy’s, somewhere where the air is clear and people have a healthy lifestyle, he may want to take up a hobby.”
.Nah, he’ll keep his job.
“Citizens in UK cities have been warned by European health experts that exposure to air pollution could increase their risk of dying from Covid-19.
The warning has come from the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), who say that doctors are starting to link higher death rates for Covid-19 to illnesses caused by air pollution such as high blood pressure, diabetes and certain respiratory illnesses.
EPHA has highlighted a 2003 study on victims of the coronavirus SARS found that patients in regions with moderate air pollution levels were 84% more likely to die than those in regions with low air pollution.”
https://airqualitynews.com/2020/03/19/exposure-to-air-pollution-increases-risk-of-dying-from-covid-19-doctors-warn/
So The West could have simply spent all this money wasted on air pollution measures…
… instead of just for rationing their Socialized Health Care systems and excluding the elderly.
Portland, Oregon, now shutting down.
Portland’s air is dirtier than we thought. A study conducted by researchers at the U.S. Forest Service revealed dangerously high levels of heavy metals in Portland, sparking an investigation into the sources and causing regulators and officials to question why the pollution was left unchecked for so long.
https://www.opb.org/news/series/portland-oregon-air-pollution-glass
“he may want to take up a hobby.” What are you trying to say ?
A model’s value lies in its predictive value. If this very interesting and even important series of videos turns out not to have any validity, it may be time to look at other things to do with his time. But I really did not want to appear insulting. Its just a very very important issue, and there is a ton of bad information and propaganda all over the place. If people believe this is not more serious than a typical flu, then they risk a catastrophe. But living like we are now is insisting on a catastrophe eventually.
Im simply saying there is risk in going against the narrative. I hope he is right, but if he encourages people to act in a manner which spreads the disease and he is wrong, there are consequences.