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> Why did every African country do well despite limited ability to lock down or distance? Why did all of Asia do well? It's not necessarily causation of course
by bonestamp2 6y ago
> Why did every African country do well despite limited ability to lock down or distance? Why did all of Asia do well?
It's not necessarily causation of course, and likely not this simple, but it's fascinating and maybe not all that surprising that the regional impact of covid correlates quiet well with regional obesity:
https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/11/share-of-adults-defined-as-obese-1-768x542.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/11/share-of-adults-d...
This study found that a total of 73% of ICU Covid patients were overweight (34.5%), obese (31.5%), or morbidly obese (7%).
https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audits/Cmp/Reports https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audits/Cmp/Reports
- cameldrv 6y agoThe fataility rate for COVID is also extremely skewed towards older people, to the extent that most COVID deaths are over 75 years old, and people under 40 very rarely die from it. The median age in the U.S. is 38. The median age in Africa as a whole is 19. Africa also has very few cases, but this is simply because mass testing is not available.
- ckemere 6y agoAlso, significantly less migrant labor-style travel as there is in China.