Poor Filipinos should work harder (more money).And invent great companies like Mark Zuckerberg (a famous billionaire).
L I please remember many people in the world don't have the resources to live like you say. Millions are living from hand to mouth and can't afford the healthy diet which we should all stick to. Perhaps in 1st world countries you theories are true but most of the world is not 1st world. For many people in the Philippines, for example, the only way to survive is on dried salty fish and white rice, not a healthy diet so naturally more are going to get the virus there.I think you have a very narrow view about this or shall I say a 1st World view.
There are already many coronaviruses. They exist in nature. My cousin caught COVID-19. Didnt feel anything. Didnt even know he had it. Because he was healthy. The best defense against this virus is to have a strong immune system (which most people cant be bothered to do). Most are unable to not be overweight. Most people dying are old AND overweight. And vitamin D deficient. Whos the worlds leading virology expert? Dr. Fauci. He doesnt subscribe to the lab theory. He thinks its unlikely. Best to believe him.
confusedsaffer, you're constantly saying how great things are in the Philippines, especially compared to Korea and China. You cite friendly, laid-back locals, cheap housing, and all that. Have you ever stopped to think that there might be a connection between those things and them subsisting on poor diets and not having access to basic necessities? You ever stop to think that maybe its because Koreans worked and worked and focused on economics and such that they are able to NOT subsist on salted fish and rice? You ever stop to think that there might be a link between the incredibly low cost of building and buying a house and the fact that some people are subsisting on fish and rice?I know the Philippines is great FOR YOU as someone who gets the benefits of that cheap labor and economic desperation, but has it really worked for the Filipinos? Perhaps, because in surveys they come out as "happy". I don't know but it starts treading dangerously close to "simple native island folk" tropes.
Philippines people load up on white rice at buffet restaurants where the options are many. They love the taste of it because thats what they grew up eating. A lot of what they eat is by choice. And the choices arent always the best. Same with Americans and people pretty much everywhere on earth.
What on earth has your comment got to do with the fact that people in the Philippines (by the way which was only an example, I could have chosen many other countries) are not able to live the lifestyle that L I is telling us all to live?
90% of the Philippine population can't afford buffets, you are talking about the one's abroad, I am talking about the people in the country.