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This is consistent with what Karl Friston said in May (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/31/covid-19-expert-karl-friston-germany-may-have-more-immunolo
by TMWNN 6y ago
This is consistent with what Karl Friston said in May (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/31/covid-19-expert-karl-friston-germany-may-have-more-immunological-dark-matter https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/31/covid-19-exper...):
>For example, it looks as if the low German fatality rate is not due to their superior testing capacity, but rather to the fact that the average German is less likely to get infected and die than the average Brit. Why? There are various possible explanations, but one that looks increasingly likely is that Germany has more immunological “dark matter” — people who are impervious to infection, perhaps because they are geographically isolated or have some kind of natural resistance. This is like dark matter in the universe: We can’t see it, but we know it must be there to account for what we can see.
- lowdose 6y agoPhysics is especially a poor domain to pick an analogy from at the moment. But if we can borrow from that whole religious domain I think the following is more apt. Maybe the people of Germany have an invisible halo protecting them from bad woo woo from Wuhan.
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago>Maybe the people of Germany have an invisible halo protecting them from bad woo woo Yes, it's called Angela Merkel. The numbers are difficult ro read but it looks like countries with female leaders have faired better than the rest.
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago>perhaps because they are geographically isolated Germany has open borders with all its neighbours and freedom of movement. There is a lot of migration, in no way could they be described as an isolated community.