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I am sick and tired of everyone saying African countries are resisting better on paper because they can't test. During the Ebola, AIDS, Yellow Fever crises/épi
by bobberkarl 6y ago
I am sick and tired of everyone saying African countries are resisting better on paper because they can't test.
During the Ebola, AIDS, Yellow Fever crises/épidémies we did not have the means either... But we could count the bodies.
Eg: Gabon is a small country with a pop just under 2M. The capital is 60%+ of that. There are 2 morgues there. All are seeing a bump in deaths, but no unprecedented activity.
Something is really happening. There must be a reason why sub-Saharan countries are relatively ok, but everyone is only saying: it's because of poor data.
(rant)
HN feels like the_donald sometimes. Incredible that such a high number of interesting & intelligent people can stop thinking altogether.
(/rant)
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI feel like the answer is obvious. The countries are younger and healthier. Look at the age distrabution of Gabon and compare it to the US or Italy. We know that covid is most deadly to the elderly, with 80+ being 100X more likely to die than someone in their 20s. The entire country of Gabon has <4,000 people over 80! https://www.populationpyramid.net/gabon/2019/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/gabon/2019/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2019/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2... https://www.populationpyramid.net/italy/2019/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/italy/2019/
- jokethrowaway 6y agoIf you lived in an African country and you couldn't handle this flu you would be dead already. Vulnerable people live in rich countries.