Originally Posted by Twostick
Something I heard about the apparent spike in Italy compared to other countries that I haven't had time to fact check one way or the other is that their population has the highest concentration of seniors of all the reporting countries.

If that is true it might explain why the death toll appears higher there as seniors and the health issues that go with them put them at the top of the risk heap.

Kevin

They are also a much closer society than most other countries, nothing near "social distancing". And families tend to live together more often multigenerationally, so you'll have teenagers and young adults often living together with parents and grandparents instead of rushing away to college or living with room mates when they get into their late teens and 20s.
I'm sure that has contributed to their higher incidence and death rate.