1. Age is not the main factor at play here. While the median age is lower than Italy's there are still a lot of elderly people in Nigeria. On an age and populat

1. Age is not the main factor at play here. While the median age is lower than Italy's there are still a lot of elderly people in Nigeria. On an age and population adjusted basis, Nigeria has nowhere near the number of cases and deaths as Italy. 2. The demographic profile and phylogenetic makeup of Nigeria is similar to Cameroon which has experienced more cases and deaths than Nigeria in both absolute numbers and on a pro-rata basis. This makes some of us believe we are dealing with two different circulating strains in both countries. 3. It definitely is the case that testing is not adequate but a highly susceptible affected population would soon be revealed by the number of symptomatic cases and, (more to the point), deaths. Both indices have remained relatively low