[zerkten]

> There seems to be many cases of young patients dying in Iran. Either because there are way more cases than being officially reported or (hopefully not) the virus has mutated to affect the young more, or both.

They could easily have had an undiagnosed underlying condition that made them more susceptible to complications. This is to be expected in places like Iran with severe limitations in their healthcare system. It might be a more useful data point if it was from the US, UK, Spain, etc.

[Mergocil]

Yes, or a specific HLA type that is more prevalent in the population.

[jmiskovic]

Is it just me or is your comment really insensitive? I would think that about half of world has no better healthcare system than Iran.

[99052882514569]

It's you. That half the world has no better healthcare system than Iran is a sad reflection on the state of healthcare in world, not an implication that Iran's dilapidated and overstretched healthcare system\* is a good one. Combine that with their authoritarian government with zero communications skills and no credibility due to being habitual liars, and we should place no stock in their reassurances/projections, and very little stock even in their hard-to-fuck-up stats like # of deaths.

\* I should say this is anecdata, based on comments by several Iranian friends and acquaintances.

[jmiskovic]

I'm not defending Iran's healthcare system. The info I was able to dig up places it as above average, which means that more than 50% of world population will be affected just as bad or worse. Dismissing Iran's data point as not useful takes a specific viewpoint that I consider not empathic enough for my tastes, but everyone is free to disagree.

[pjc50]

Iran's healthcare is a lot worse than would be expected for a country of its wealth and development level because of the US embargo.

[Jommi]

I don't see the insensitivity. This subject is not something that's very sensitive, I just see the comment as objective.

[chefkoch]

Why would you think a country under severe sanctions can have a very good health care system?

[Simon_says]

> half of world

Like he said, severe limitations.