Meaningless death stats

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"Ash (a right-wing white man) once called me 'the heart' of the Debates forum. I was the only prominent non-white and one of the few women writers. Ash wrote that RHP would be poorer if it lost its most distinctive voice for diversity."
- Duchess64

Duchess64 flatters herself as she betrays the true reason for all of this desperate bitterness.

She's angry because of a perceived loss in status.

She's always fancied herself superior to the rest of the community. No matter the subject; Duchess64 has always said that she "already knew" this or she "already knew" that. Or she says that she knows somebody, somewhere who has validated her myopic philosophy and will reinforce her excessive self-appraisal.

Duchess64 just will not accept that she's just one of us. That she's nothing exceptional. She's nothing special.

And now, in beastly fashion, she seems intent on bashing her head against the wall until she's cowed somebody into obeisance.

Instead of just humbly joining the rest of the community in trying to improve the climate through respectful dialogue and debate: Duchess64 clutches and flails at regaining a kind of respect that she's never rightly earned.

She fancies herself superior. But no one is bowing.

@caesar-salad said
Interesting if true. Any idea why? Genetics, blood type, diet? Seems like something we should be studying.

Blood type may impact one's susceptibility to the virus, but while at least one study suggests some kind of association, I don't think causation has been established yet.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-blood-types-disease-severe/

It's reasonable to assume a myriad of factors determine one's susceptibility, and not any one single thing.

One thing going for Vietnam and other "less developed" countries is that their populations are much younger, which can be expected to mitigate the impact of the virus on their health systems.

Of course, then there's Japan, which I think has the oldest population in the world, and yet has a firm handle on the virus. But Japan has mustered a robust, coordinated government effort to control the spread, and also has a population willing to wear masks and listen to the experts. We see that also in Germany, for instance.

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This just shows your bias! You’re willing to ignore the population correction to rank the US higher because it suits your narrative. On your gross death list you don’t ignore counties with tiny populations in comparison to the US! Hypocrisy at it finest!

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I gave you both an opinion and facts.

What you have given me is demonstration on how consumed you are with hate.

Can I recommend a guy called Marc Lamont Hill to you; he is very instructive as a debater of the concern around the way that black people are treated in the USA and certainly held his own against Candice Owen?

The main difference in your styles is that he knows how to put his case over and take people with him, whereas you only seem to know how to switch people off because you tend to rant not reason.