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Anecdotally I know ex-colleagues who got Covid19 in the US and one of them has died. I literally know of no one who is sick, much less with covid19, here in In
by manojlds 7y ago
Anecdotally I know ex-colleagues who got Covid19 in the US and one of them has died.
I literally know of no one who is sick, much less with covid19, here in India in my friend circle, in my family circle and across the 1000+ employee company I work in. Either there's asymptomatic sick in my circle or no one has it.
Granted I am anxious, and hope things don't get worse, but international media has been pathetic on reporting this. I like the work that local The Print is doing. Very informative reporting from them - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuyRsHZILrU7ZDIAbGASHdA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuyRsHZILrU7ZDIAbGASHdA
Here's a good example and relevant to this discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuRA_2by-Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuRA_2by-Q
- pastelsky 7y agoPrint's reporting has been a mixed bag. For eg, the last video compares deaths vs testing in a poor country like Bolivia — situated many miles away from global hotspots to that of Belgium's — one of Europe's headquarters. It seems to suggest that increase in testing and quick isolation is somewhat of a "subjective" factor and doesn't help India. This, completely disregarding factors like geography, demographics, Bolivia's first case landing a month after Belgium's, and Belgium being one of the few countries in Europe to actually count non-hospital deaths and more. There's some confirmation bias here.
- manojlds 7y agoTrue, but same is applicable to India. India shouldn't have to test more just because US has to.
- pastelsky 7y agoI don't think that was ever the argument. Increased testing has been recommended by the WHO, has noticeably helped prevent a bigger outbreak impact in South Korea & Germany and quick isolation makes a lot of sense for a disease that is asymptomatic in most patients.
- rootusrootus 7y agoAnecdotally, I'm in the US and I don't know anyone who has become sick. One person at our company (10000+ employees) became sick and recovered.