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The rapid transmission in industrialized countries is most likely helped by the daily indoor concentration of people in the big cities, during commute, in large
by stareatgoats 7y ago
The rapid transmission in industrialized countries is most likely helped by the daily indoor concentration of people in the big cities, during commute, in large schools and workplaces. Large cities in Africa will surely get it to some extent, but the spread might be slower since Africans don't spend as much time indoors, and the rural communities are already practicing "social distancing" to some degree.
- kabouseng 7y agoI think you have a very Hollywood view of African societies...
- stareatgoats 7y agoHaving lived in African countries for more than 5 years I don't rely on Hollywood for my sources.
- dmos62 7y agoI'd offer the Ebola outbreak as a counter-example.
- stareatgoats 7y agoEbola is different: It does not spread over air like the Corona virus. The Ebola virus " spreads to people initially through direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of animals. Ebola virus then spreads to other people through direct contact with body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from EVD". [0] [0] https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/about.html https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/about.html
- maxerickson 7y agoOnly 2 Ebola outbreaks have had more than 1000 infected people. This thing is in the early stages still and there are already 7x more recorded cases than the largest Ebola outbreak.
- greggman3 7y agoNirobi, Metro Area Population 10 million https://www.civitatis.com/en/nairobi/ https://www.civitatis.com/en/nairobi/ Compare: Largest cities in Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Africa_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Africa_by_po... Vs Largest cities in USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- stareatgoats 7y agoIt's not a matter of big cities only. People in the big cities in industrialized countries spend their time indoors with large crowds to a much higher degree. It indicates that the spread will be slower in Africa (while not absent)
- marcosdumay 7y agoWhat exactly do you expect those 10M people to do during the day?