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Originally Posted by Paul
Do you read what you write ?
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.
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).
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The comparison is to the UK's peers in Western Europe.
If people are living in poverty then their access to private transport etc may be reduced thus increasing their chances of infection or they have to be live in a multi-generational household, again thereby increasing their chances of infection.