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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Unfortunately, not bollocks, but facts.
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Do you read what you write ?
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Older people are far more likely to be in poverty in the UK than elsewhere ..
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This is so wrong its laughable, try telling it to any 3rd world country, or war torn country. Theres a hell of a lot more poverty elsewhere.
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.. which can increase their risk of both catching and dying from the disease.
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Poverty alone is not likely to increase your chance of catching it, in fact, it may well reduce it - as your less likely to go out much and mix with others.
The last bit has more chance of having some truth to it, its certainly likely that poverty could mean poorer health, and thus more chance of it being serious if caught (but vaccinations of course massively reduce that chance).