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I quoted it, the author warns that we should expect India-level deaths in Europe (that's the clear read from showing mass burning of bodies in India, talking ab
by franciscop 5y ago
I quoted it, the author warns that we should expect India-level deaths in Europe (that's the clear read from showing mass burning of bodies in India, talking about deaths in India, and saying "if you think Europe or the US will be spared").
But then shows infections growth (not deaths) to prove the point, so yeah it's conflating infections with deaths.
- f38zf5vdt 5y agoThe article specified that high death rates might be expected for developing countries with low vaccination rates, not countries with high vaccination rates. > So Delta, like Alpha before it, is both more transmissible and more fatal. Both of these effects have the same root: the virus is much better at binding to human cells, so it reproduces much faster. > Are people dying more then? Not in Britain. > But Delta is very hard in developing countries, especially in dense urban areas where the poor are forced to work but live in close quarters with many others. India, Argentina, Tunisia, South Africa, and Indonesia are very sad examples of this.
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- zzzeek 5y agothat's not the impression i got at all. the words did not say, "will be spared from the identical outcome as India" and it is obvious that US / EU have better vaccination/ medical infrastructure compared to India. The phrase is a qualitative expression only for the purposes of a blog post, this is not a medical journal article.