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*I used to work in the medical industry and this borderline inappropriate for me to post. I never use the term fat to describe anyone.
For more appropriate medical memes, you can check out my medical memes page:
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CatsUpvoteTerror
Probably less testing. Death rate is based on confirmed cases
Huor
God just keeps trying to prune NOLA but damn if it doesn’t keep growing back.
MinorityOpinion
Different population profile - different genes.
SophieClockwise
robertrebor9999
You know whats worse than Fat, Obese. It sounds so much worse.
omngentryo
Gee, thanks. I was worried for a second there. I thought we were dying more because god didn’t approve of Mardi Gras.
gregariouslouganis
In NV 9/31 of our deaths were diabetics, likely type 2.
johnsmith17388
Where's the link for more inappropriate medical memes?
freskyflowers
Lololol. Probably nurses.
3Davideo
What are their relative testing rates? If New Orleans only tests severe cases but NYC also catches less severe cases, New Orleans would >
3Davideo
> have more deaths per detected case.
Fooby
I am fat, and I use the term fat to describe both myself and other fat people.
whitter86
Just call em fat, people are too sensitive these days
myfingerpoints
Louisiana does top the list of most obese states.
Zootsoot
1- Marriage Gras. 2- 7th state in Diabetes 3- 8.9% Asthma rate 4-19.7% living in poverty, and 5- There have been cases where flood damaged 1
Zootsoot
Housing has contributed to a higher death rate in vulnerable populations. 1
tyface
Good reference from the first episode of Family Guy.
freskyflowers
You know your stuff. I made this template.
notme222
Baton Rouge also had that pastor that insisted on having a gathering of over 1000 people. Their # of cases jumped 30% yesterday.
Azagol
Yeah they are out in central. Practice your religion at home folks please :/
caaarrrlll
New Orleans has many poor people, being poor statistically means you live in a dirtier place, poor health, poor diet, smoking, drinking, etc
RoosterHogburn
Man, that is old-school Family Guy. Like, season one?
freskyflowers
Yes. I made this template.
Thetruthmakesmesad
Older people? Poorer populace, worse health system? Take your pick
kojenk
Less effort and investment by authorities into support infrastructure and actual support activities too
threesticks223
Poverty
practicaljester
St Patrick’s Day. It wasn’t here during MG but NOLA has a huge St. Pat’s party. No one took it seriously and tons of cases came from it.
HeadTurdL
I saw some doctor talking today who said obesity was a common denominator among most of his COVID-19 patients who had to be intubated.
RednapxpandeR
And if you’re over weight it’s harder to get that tube in, more pressure on the chest.... just not a good recipe with this bastard
HerrFraeulein
America is fucked
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HeadTurdL
No, but apparently it's a known correlation.
yupyupbrc
Thanks for the sauce! #sideofsaucepls
IFoldlyGo
Correlation vs causation? Perhaps the heavier people took worse care of themselves and as a result were more likely to get COVID?
sprfrkdvd
Obviously fat people took worse care of their bodies.
meskarune
Or maybe they have diabetes which causes weight gain or other health issues that cause weight gain.
GatorKyle
Diabetes makes it hard to fight off any infections.
SenorButt
Or perhaps from worse cardiovascular/pulmonary function, as obese people tend to be pretty inactive.
Domehammer
I assume they mean NYC when they say New York. NYC is shipping out its sick to upstate hospitals that have space.
Brutsarge
Sauce?
fuckthisishard
Downvote for adding a promo link.
freskyflowers
Fair but I don’t make any money on it. Just fun :)
Mamaof2QTs
Why is nobody talking about Detroit’s death rate? 3.5%
swinglinered
the new Slim Shady
kEMup
Hi nobody. I'm Dad.
Reaganitelevinite
Why is California's so low?
RogerTwoThree
It's run by Democrats.
chazahc
Larger population so patients per hospital is lower.
chazahc
DemonFluffer1000
More testing
RelartOfGivia
They were one of the first to shelter in place. Caught it in time and flattened the curve.
EnergyFiend
Yup, I just hit 3 weeks in lockdown, but I have friends in tech who got told to WFH 2 weeks earlier even.
Reaganitelevinite
Only 48 hours before New York.
JackalopeElope
Maybe because of flatter multi-residential areas that make more usage of out door area with fewer common doors?
UnicornsAndShenanigans
You must've not been out here recently. All the housing now is skinny and sky high. They just released quarantine on us quickly.
TevishSzat
Eeh, that's true in the bay area. LA is still really flat and spread out with a lot of condos and traffic.
UnicornsAndShenanigans
True! Don't miss that traffic, but I do miss the weather. Had a hard time getting used to it raining for 4+ days in a row. Sheesh I'm soft!
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
I've been comparing them to my country (Canada) because we have a similar total population. We've been pretty much neck and neck on the /1
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
total number of cases, but their death rate is higher. About half a percent. I guess it's early days though, who knows what'll happen. /2
mephiston
even getting the coronavirus costs a shitload of money in california
andremauriceaudet7
Because they decided that closed borders sounded pretty good as soon as it benefited them.
kEMup
ErikBilling
It's the kale
UnicornsAndShenanigans
First to enact multi-county shelter in place (bay area) including distance learning. So Cal and statewide followed a bit later.
caprishus
Because we don’t talk to our neighbors.
UnicornsAndShenanigans
Except now we smile and say hi, while doing a huge social distancing side step.
OobedoobScoobyDoobyBenubi
Probably because you’re so fat.
therealLword4realthistime
We haven’t been out of our homes for oh about 3 weeks now
whitter86
And Washington too
mondomar
We reacted quicker than pretty much any other state.
DemonFluffer1000
More testing
jwbc843
General health of population, education, and quality of healthcare.
Reaganitelevinite
Good one.
DrunkSideOfTheMoon
KillerTofu615
You should come to the midwest if you think that's a joke.
DrunkSideOfTheMoon
I’m originally from Chicago. I know how shitty it can be
jheitzBandit
The people shitting in the streets forces the rest of the populace to shelter indoors.
Exyr
Mardi gras.
geologistsmakethebedrock
If MG was the problem then half the population would have had the virus by March 1st.
Smayds
The fattest possible Tuesday.
VIIVIIIIX
This is precisely true.
Bystandr
Unfortunately, mistakes were made. Not realizing a faster conclusion so we can get to the NEXT Mardi Gras has temporarily slaughtered the
Bystandr
goose that laid the golden egg, too.
thatwoodguy
gros
jennamae
Iatesomecoffeecups
Thaats how u spell it i thought it was marty graa or something
Tigersterne
*every day of the week gras
gregariouslouganis
You see that the mayor of new Orleans said Trump called her and told her it was safe to go on with Mardi gras?
justeandj
No but I did see this https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-new-orleans-mardi-gras-mayor-slams-trump-response-2020-3
daaaBlues
Sounds like the mayor didn't want to be the bad guy and face any blowback should the virus turn out not be as serious as we thought at time.
Mrdaihatsu
Going against Trump would tank her reelection bid. Republicans know better then to step out of line. Let's see how it plays out for them.
Dragonfirephoenix
I'm from NOLA, it was her job to shut it down, she didn't!! Own it honey!!! City officials never gave a fuck, from Katrina to Covid-19.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
That would increase the number of cases but wouldn't explain why the percent of deaths is higher.
Exyr
Lack of resources and poorer people?
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
That would do it, yeah.
nickemartin123456
And older with higher percentage of co-morbidity factors (diabetes, cardiovascular or lung disease, hypertension, and cancer)
wandergeist
And several of those are the consequences of being... fat.
rightinthekisser
More like lundi (Monday), mardi (Tuesday), mercredi (Wednesday), jeudi (Thursday), vendredi (Friday), samedi (Saturday) and dimanche (Sunday
rightinthekisser
) gras (fat)
Leonardo1975
memepolice420
Any city still recovering from a hurricane that hit them 15 years ago would have a similar rate
gorgeousninja
High obesity, low employment, low academic achievement, low socio economic, no public healthcare and Trump will do it but blame a hurricane
icarusbird02
Uh, that's a reach. Bay County in FL got hit with a category 5 hurricane a year and a half ago and hasn't had any deaths.
DarkSock
Mardi Gras was in February; people were swapping the coronavirus in dense massive throngs on Bourbon Street and didn’t know it...
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Sure, but a) a bunch of those went home and b) it wouldn't explain why a higher %age of people die from it.
DarkSock
Because a literal fuck ton of people from every corner of the world came IN to New Orleans for 2 weeks of close contact in packed crowds...
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Yes that would increase the case count. But not what percent of that case count died from it.
UnluckyScarecrow
The higher over the curve a city gets, the more % of people die. Isn't that what all the "flatten the curve" stuff has been about?
backrideup9
15 years is a hell of a long recovery time. Seems like they may not want to fully recover.
jbnola
Unless you lived through it, you can't imagine the level of destruction that New Orleans experienced.
backrideup9
I don't deny any of what y'all have said, it's all true. It's not a freeway repaving project, 15 years is enough time to be rebuilt.
MarkOfTheCovenant
Yeah but that's not the point. 500 billion could feed/house America but they aren't going to.
MarkOfTheCovenant
Have you ever been? New Orleans has a huge infrastructure problem. The money from tourism doesn't go back into the city.
billingsworthswagamuffin
Lots of people didn’t go back after Katrina.
CoinedWatcher
I've been before and after multiple times, the only difference about 5 years after is the environment. Used to be lined with trees drive in
HelgenBorderPatrol
I grew up there pre-hurricane and go back sometimes. You'll be in tourist spots, turn the wrong corner, and still find crumbled buildings.
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
... you know new york was hit like 9 years ago?
ThisIsNotANameItsASandwich
Nola was left to fucking rot
memepolice420
George Bush was just like, “ehhhhh, not sure if this is legit yet let’s wait like 5 days”
memepolice420
Dude Katrina was way worse of a hit to New Orleans than Sandy was to NY or anywhere for that matter.
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
it was also a lot longer ago.
memepolice420
It just kinda points to the level of poverty the state of Louisiana has
smpat04
This is the crux of the matter
wherethehorriblethingsare
Hospitals are probably less equipped and getting supplies is harder thanks to the state's 'unique' legal structure.
CokieMonster69
Also Cuomo took it seriously, reacted aggressively, and listened to the experts. I think Nola followed the more "skeptical" path
Soldon
There are a lot of parishes along the Mississippi river and in the north that have very limited access to good hospitals.
VeryScaryHarry
How does the Napoleonic Code from 200+ years ago affect medical supply chains today?
swinglinered
Things are smooth and wavy and groovy i the "Big Easy"
turdleymcfartknocker
And the people are fat as fuck on average and generally dumb as hell. How do I know? I’m from there, chere.
Redbulloth
It also doesn't get the same coverage or have the same funding as New York.
babycheesehead
I’m curious - how is it unique?
Brookimus741
They meant corrupt.
WokeGhettoSpiritualist
They still subscribe to Napoleonic Law.
Fruchmoney
Louisiana was set up under a French legal system as opposed to a British Kesha system like all other states. This causes very different...
UnoriginalPoster2000
Ah yes, the British system where you wash your teeth with a bottle of Jack?
FauxRealYo
Never realized all the other states were metric.
Fruchmoney
... Regulatory systems and completely different licensing. Hell the process of a private sale is completely different legally in Louisiana
tytymoon255
Also gotta choose which law practice to study, Louisiana laws or regular US laws.
SoupCanMan
Doesn't every lawyer have to be certified in each state anyway? Is it really any different?
Fruchmoney
*legal, don't know how my keyboard thought I meant kesha
PeterTried
Baby mamma: “Who’s Kesha and why does this bitch turn up in your autocorrect? Been texting her long, have you?”
SourcePleaseThanks
And I just accepted that the Kesha system is a thing...
somethingsareneat
Nah, That’s better
thekeyislost
I DID NOT QUESTION THE BRITISH KESHA SYSTEM. SEND HELP.
Fruchmoney
I think we can chalk it up to quarantine brain. That's what I'm going with for all mistakes these days