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"Here, we show that the risk is conferred by a genomic segment of ~50 kb that is inherited from Neandertals and occurs at a frequency of ~30% in south Asia and
by rossdavidh 6y ago
"Here, we show that the risk is conferred by a genomic segment of ~50 kb that is inherited from Neandertals and occurs at a frequency of ~30% in south Asia and ~8% in Europe."
Hmmm...thus far, the mortality per capita from Covid-19 has been much higher in Europe, especially western Europe, than in south Asia. Not saying that couldn't change, but the weekly mortality peaks in western Europe were literally an order of magnitude higher than for Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan. So either this finding is flawed in some way, or (perhaps more likely) even the biggest genetic risk factor for severe Covid-19 is not that big of a factor, and what's going on is mostly not genetic.
- slicktux 6y agoOr maybe the stats used for the data in European countries are flawed...or there is less testing in the latter countries....
- roywiggins 6y agoYou don't need testing, just accurate body counts. You can see COVID hit Europe as a spike in excess deaths, even if you weren't testing. If there were currently a mortality spike in Bangladesh even higher than Europe's, it would not go unnoticed. Disappearing bodies is not that easy.
- ethanwillis 6y agoI mean.. China's official numbers are around 84k infected.. and much less dead than that. So...
- ashtonkem 6y agoThe “count the bodies” technique is meant for situations where the country can’t test for COVID, either because it was too early or they don’t have the infrastructure. That technique won’t work on countries just willing to lie about it.