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It makes sense that winter makes things worse, but if weather were the only factor, why is South America seeing far more cases than Australia?
by alisonatwork 6y ago
It makes sense that winter makes things worse, but if weather were the only factor, why is South America seeing far more cases than Australia?
- dustinmoris 6y agoBecause Australia suppressed the virus as much as they could with a very long lockdown. South America didn't, so they started with complete different baselines into their summers.
- thedays 6y agoOnly one state in Australia - Victoria - had a long lockdown. People in most other states have been living a fairly normal life for months.
- sjy 6y agoThe population of South America is more than 15 times larger.
- alisonatwork 6y agoMy comment was based on deaths per capita[0], which in most countries of South America are far higher than Australia and New Zealand. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deat...