In US, "By the second year of the pandemic, the dramatic increases in heart attacks blew apart the models.. Fatal heart attacks among adults ages 25-44 soared 29.9% over what was predicted." https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article267801482.html
you're probably thinking of Westmoreland
"The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does a Westerner. Life is plentiful. Life is cheap in the Orient."