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> Serrana, with 45,000 inhabitants 20 deaths in March/2021 to 6 in April/2021. When you go to see the stats since April/2020, you'll notice that there were ful
by woliveirajr 5y ago
> Serrana, with 45,000 inhabitants
20 deaths in March/2021 to 6 in April/2021. When you go to see the stats since April/2020, you'll notice that there were full months with 0 or 1 death. [0]
Too soon, too small sample to draw such conclusions.
[0] For ex., search for "Serrana" in this site: https://especiais.gazetadopovo.com.br/coronavirus/casos-no-brasil-por-cidades/ https://especiais.gazetadopovo.com.br/coronavirus/casos-no-b...
edit: typo, should be "april/2020"
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- seanmcdirmid 5y agoThe end of winter probably has a lot to do with it also (just like flu deaths go down during the spring and summer). The vaccines effectiveness probably won’t show through very visibly until November.
- brlewis 5y agoWith Brazil being on the equator and mostly south of it, I doubt the end of northern hemisphere winter has much to do with it.
- cesarb 5y ago> With Brazil being on the equator and mostly south of it Brazil is a huge country. The city in question is a long way south of the equator, it's near the tropic of Capricorn.
- renatovico 5y agoIt’s start of Winter here, i live 100km from serrana
- thu2111 5y agoSeasonality isn't really understood at all by epidemiologists, so it's probably best to confine discussion of it to the places where it's clearly visible, which is mostly the northern hemisphere indeed.
- sct202 5y agoThe state this city is in had a peak in deaths and cases during April, so for the region April was not a good month for them.
- wyager 5y agoIt’s wild that a lot of people consider the BBC to be a reputable journalistic outlet when they pump out articles like this.
- kingofpandora 5y agoIt isn't ... But HN loves BBC for some reason.