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i would caution against taking data from India at face value. Estimates put the amount of COVID-19 infections in india at around 80 times the "official" count.

i would caution against taking data from India at face value. Estimates put the amount of COVID-19 infections in india at around 80 times the "official" count. See - https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/120920/icmr-shocker-india-missed-80-corona-cases-for-every-one-detected.html https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/12092... Further, there is a persistent myth among many from developing countries that constant exposure to unhygienic conditions improves one's "immunity". This has some truth for allergies but not for a disease that is quite literally new. Finally, i would not go by India's death figures. Countries like India and China have every reason to hide the true number of deaths caused by COVID-19.

yewenjie 6y ago
There is a massive difference between China and India in terms of information flow. India is very chaotic regarding centralized data control and it would be super hard to consistently fudge/ hide the death rates for this long.
- eldaisfish 6y ago
  many of the dead in india aren't tested for COVID. Who's to say what the accurate number of COVID deaths. More info - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01865-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01865-w Remember also that India is the only country in the world to not acknowledge community transmission. There's little to no contact tracing happening. Regardless of information flow, India's COVID numbers are likely off by orders of magnitude.
- xorfish 6y ago
  You don't need malice to get false deaths counts.