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At least initially I read that Philippines didn’t even have testing capability and had to send samples to Australia to be tested. You don’t find what you don’t

• adventured 7y ago
  You wouldn't have to look for them in these situations (the context of these nations), it would show up in your intensive care system and swamp your hospitals with thousands upon thousands of ICU-level cases. That effect even showed up somewhat in Russia, in heightened pneumonia cases (they're now admitting it's likely far more widespread than the positive case results would imply). It's not easy to hide or disregard if you have high figures, which one would expect of poorer, very vulnerable nations with huge populations so close to China - unless there's another explanation. These nations didn't implement the type of disciplined system (matched with mass testing) that South Korea followed, and there's no sign of crushed healthcare systems with many thousands dead from pneumonia.
  • Zigurd 7y ago
    If you look at the shape of causes of death in Russia, heart disease and pneumonia are unusually high, and life expectancy is low, even compared to China. There is a plausible way for coronavirus to sneak up on Russia until the hospitals fill up with extra pneumonia cases.
  • viklove 7y ago
    That's assuming that there is a culture of going to the hospital when you have bad flu conditions. It's safe to assume that for the vast majority of laborers in third-world countries, hospital services are not within reach. They just tough it out at home.