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More resistant and less resistant to the virus

2020-04-15T21:19:14.156Z


Michal Aharoni


They are poorer, sicker, more dead. Entire families, young people, children. Years of neglect, disregard, everything exploded in one day. They are Hispanic and black and live in the Bronx, Manhattan's backyard. The data tells a simple story: If you are in Corona and live in the Bronx, your chances of dying are 1.5 times higher than in any other district.

They like to say that the Corona does not discriminate between those whose destiny has improved upon him and those who have struggled all his life, between the rich and the poor. It is very romantic to feel that there is one thing that proves that we are all the same, flesh and blood, that nature puts in place those who feel everyday protected by their wealth. Here, too, are NBC players whose every minute on the parquet is worth more than a month of auxiliary work at a hospital contracted, playwrights and famous actors have passed away, TV presenter Chris Cuomo, a brother of New York's governor, is sick and isolated in his home.

The virus presenters are not those who crave air in hospitals where the medical staff begs for protective equipment, but the Times Square is empty and who lives in Manhattan is large enough to have a basement in which to recover.

But bottom line, it has nothing to do with reality, probably not in the US, certainly not in New York City. Here, the hungry county is also the most affected. If you work in high-tech, you stay home, whether you're a cleaning person or a tidy person Supermarket shelves, you are considered an essential worker and you will go to work.How to get in? As always, on public transportation, without protection, where the bottle of alcohol now costs about $ 30.

There are thousands of New York families who, as soon as the ground began to shake beneath their feet, left the city. They went to their summer homes to seclude themselves or rented Airbnb apartments for two or three months elsewhere, until anger rages. But how many people have another home in the Hamptons? In New York City two-thirds of residents live on rent, how many families can afford to pay double rent?

In the US, there are those who can undergo a private corona test. $ 30,000 and you'll receive a response, with no symptoms and no exposure to patients. Some people buy self-contained breathing machines for home. Need a certified physician to operate the medical device? In a country where the entire health system is private , Someone will do it too.

Yes, everyone is exposed and no one has a corona vaccine yet. And there are many dead people in the Jewish community who live near the city, wealthy and able-bodied people. But the bottom line is that there are nonetheless those who have developed antibodies to the virus. They cannot be identified in a blood test, only in checking the bank account status.

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