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getagrip_already

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4. My first thought....

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:03 PM

Mar 2020

Soldiers tend to be young and healthy. To have "thousands die" would mean hundreds of thousands were infected. Not bloody likely.

So lets say they are malnourished, with rickets and hypertension and aanemia. Not a very robust force but ok. That would still mean tens of thousands infected.

I still don't believe it. Unless they have been shooting any soldier who looks sick.

sorry, a not believable story.

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Almost 200 North Korean soldiers have reportedly died from coronavirus, thousands more in quarantine [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP

If true, were they in the high risk group? If not, then someone is lying still_one Mar 2020 #1

They are all very malnourished. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #3

My first thought.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #4

I agree. One thing I am pretty sure NK would insure their soldiers are well fed at the expense of still_one Mar 2020 #5

This story was posted about 1000 times this morning on Twitter, dewsgirl Mar 2020 #2

Actually the original article says suspected cases. soryang Mar 2020 #6

the south should go on High Alert Demonaut Mar 2020 #7