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I think you can make the case in the US, some states like AZ or FL have cases up 10x but deaths are up only 2x, even accounting for a 2 week lag. As for India,
by gridlockd 6y ago
I think you can make the case in the US, some states like AZ or FL have cases up 10x but deaths are up only 2x, even accounting for a 2 week lag.
As for India, the climate doesn't readily compare to our conception of summer/winter, and if the virus only started to pick up spread recently, we have no earlier baseline to compare to.
Like I said, "disappear" is too string of a word, but the correlation is definitely there, just like with many other viruses.
- liamwestray 6y agoThe difference in deaths is from less at-risk populations getting it. It was projected to have a .1% to .3% mortality rate. It had 3-5% when it spread through older populations.