More than 50% of those in France ICU's are younger than 60.

[dewsgirl]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[greenjar_01]

1. Be curious to know the number of active smokers

in that group.

n < 60yrs active smokers?

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes... sadly the French people's stubbornness about giving up cigarettes may be exacting a cost.

[greenjar_01]

7. Same true in Italy, especially northern Italy

Not a lot of discussion of that yet. Smoking rates in Milan had been extremely high until fairly recently.

[FreeState]

40. And in the US our problem will be obesity n/t

[AlexSFCA]

50. and diabetes

[dalton99a]

13. +1

[Cetacea]

22. Can you do a chart on the new numbers in Florida? 18/25 under age 60

Oh wait. Nobody is reporting it, least not the Trump Task Force.

[applegrove]

14. In china, many men smoke. That may have skewed the ratio of men to women dying

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to 2:1 from coronavirus.

[dewsgirl]

24. It did, it was like 24 percent of females and 49 percent of males.

[dewsgirl]

27. France ranks in the 60's

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cigarette_consumption_per_capita&ved=2ahUKEwigqbPL6proAhXSna0KHcBEDgkQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3KF-Vj9-UD7b7iQlOB2l9P

[Wounded Bear]

2. Lot smokers over there, right?

Emphysema, COPD, etc.

Not a good training regimen for preventing respiratory diseases.

[Cetacea]

20. yet the French enjoy second highest longevity in the world. Americans need to focus on their calorie

[dewsgirl]

29. France actually ranks in the 60's as far as countries with smokers.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cigarette_consumption_per_capita&ved=2ahUKEwigqbPL6proAhXSna0KHcBEDgkQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3KF-Vj9-UD7b7iQlOB2l9P

[IronLionZion]

51. The Andorra and Luxembourg numbers seem completely insane

1 Andorra 6398.3
2 Luxembourg 6330.9


That's like 18 cigarettes per day

[dewsgirl]

55. It's got to be way more than that 18 cigarettes isn't even

a full pack, unless the cigarettes over there are different than ours. John Wayne and Judy Garland each smoked 4 packs a day at different points in their life. Although I have never known anyone that smoked that much.

[SunSeeker]

3. Holy shit!

[abqtommy]

5. There is a difference between catching this virus and dying from it...

[mucifer]

6. I think you missed the ICU part of the statement

pretty damn serious if they are in the ICU without lots of beds.

[abqtommy]

8. Didn't miss it. Being in ICU is one thing, being dead is another...

[Steven Maurer]

16. You get dead a lot quicker if you need to be in an ICU but none are available

[dewsgirl]

25. My mom was an ICU/CCU nurse, this can be the last

step on the way to dead.

[pnwmom]

46. Being outside the ICU because there aren't enough beds can be a death sentence. n/t

[Roland99]

9. Oh damn

Wonder how many are smokers?

[dewsgirl]

26. South Korea is higher I believe, France ranks in the 60's.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cigarette_consumption_per_capita&ved=2ahUKEwigqbPL6proAhXSna0KHcBEDgkQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3KF-Vj9-UD7b7iQlOB2l9P

[Cetacea]

10. They are much healthier than Americans

Got to love American's complete trust in what is being reported. I've noticed that nobody is reporting on the 18 out of 25 new cases in Florida that are under the age of sixty. It seems to me that it is statistically significant...

[mucifer]

12. to me it's not the cases under 60. It's the ICU part. We have been told under 60 and it will

be mild. We are going to see a lot of under 60 cases. Question is how severe will it be?

[Cetacea]

17. True

Thanks to gross negligence from Trump there is much we don't know. They are still talking about getting 100k tests out. That's inexcusable.

[Phoenix61]

31. Under 60 and no underlying health

conditions. Also, early care has better outcomes. Waiting until you are really, really sick to seek care is definitely not wise.

[pnwmom]

47. Except they say to stay home unless you're very sick. nt

[IronLionZion]

52. They advise calling your doctor first to triage

instead of going in to the office or crowding the ER.

They also say we don't ration health care in America.

[pnwmom]

54. And when you do the doctor will say to stay home, unless you're very sick.

The hospitals in my area are already at capacity.

[IronLionZion]

56. America doesn't ration health care

[dewsgirl]

35. It is, lots of stories like this media is going out of their way to avoid.

[Cetacea]

45. +1000

Thanks. Sorry about some of my posts in your thread. I'm losing it a bit!

[dewsgirl]

49. Oh no, by all means I posted and then got busy. You are

more than welcome anytime.

[Dennis Donovan]

11. Kick and rec!!

I didn't see yours first, but self deleted anyway.

This is a terrifying stat.

[dewsgirl]

30. People keep mentioning smoking in this thread, France ranks in the 60's

as far as population of smokers.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cigarette_consumption_per_capita&ved=2ahUKEwigqbPL6proAhXSna0KHcBEDgkQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3KF-Vj9-UD7b7iQlOB2l9P

[Loki Liesmith]

38. That's ordinal rank tho

The absolute fractional population of smokers is still much higher than here.

[Dennis Donovan]

15. To make a bad situation worse, the Yellow Jackets are breaking the mass-gathering ban

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

18. Betcha Putin is behind this stunt

[Dennis Donovan]

23. Probably.

I still wonder about Russia and *their* CV cases (or lack of them).

[dewsgirl]

32. I haven't followed their movements in a few years, are they

a right wing group?

[Recursion]

34. They're all over the place

It's just kind of generalized white resentment from the left and right all rolled into a convenient vest. They have done some marches with both far-left and far-right parties but it never really came to anything because it's just a bunch of people who are very angry but can't really say why.

[dewsgirl]

36. Thank you.

[Dennis Donovan]

41. It's supposed to be a socioeconomic movement, but they have large alt-right faction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement#Concerns_about_extremist_elements_in_the_movement

Concerns about extremist elements in the movement
Concerns that the yellow vests movement were providing a new forum for extremist views were more frequently reported in the media after Alain Finkielkraut was insulted in week XIV. Vincent Duclert [fr], an expert on anti-Semitism, said that while "the gilets jaunes are not an anti-Semitic movement, each Saturday there are anti-Semitic expressions by groups of the extreme right or extreme left." Jean-Yves Camus, an expert on French political extremism, identified an "inherent weakness of a movement that lets the people speak" as being that anyone (whether far left, far right, radical Islamist or anti-Zionist) can say whatever they want in the street with little concern for propriety or legality.

Finkielkraut, interviewed by BFM-TV, was especially concerned with the viral nature of what he called a new type of "anti-racist" anti-Semitism. He named Dieudonné and Alain Soral as those responsible for propagating this new form of anti-Semitism.

According to a study conducted in February 2019, half of all yellow vest protesters (50%) said they believed in a "global Zionist conspiracy".

[lunasun]

44. Ugh not now

“We had to come and mark the day to tell Macron that we’re still here and that we won’t accept his pension reform,” said one pensioner.

The yellow vests, named after the high-visibility jackets they wear, were holding a 70th consecutive Saturday of action. The movement emerged late in 2018, triggered by fuel tax rises, and swelled into a revolt against Macron’s government.

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Friday said all gatherings with more than 100 people had been banned. Paris police had already turned down requests for protesters to demonstrate at sensitive sites this Saturday, including the Champs Elysees where violent clashes broke out between security forces and protesters almost a year ago to the day.

Have some insight into what gathering this time will do over your long ongoing protest concerns

[Hekate]

19. Are they triage-ing out the older ones?

[unitedwethrive]

33. This was my first thought.

[Recursion]

37. Not yet. Hospitals are still below capacity

Also France has a housecall system that most elderly people use.

[Hekate]

39. Thanks

[Recursion]

48. What's less clear is how long the housecall system can continue

That's definitely a big worry here

[TwilightZone]

28. She issued a correction - it's 50% of the 300 serious cases, not all ICUs.

Link to tweet

[SiliconValley_Dem]

42. So much for that lie about "people under 60 are low risk"

[dewsgirl]

43. All those rumors coming from China are panning out and

that is a bone chilling thought.

[TheRickles]

53. "This Tweet is unavailable", as of 6:30pm EDT.

Probably because of the misleading wording - 50% of all ICU patients, vs. 50% of all COVID ICU patients. So the smoking patterns are probably playing a role, but we'll have to get clearer data.