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> All current variations of concern come from mostly unvaccinated countries. Isn't it more significant not where they emerge (which is by random mutation) but
by jstanley 5y ago
> All current variations of concern come from mostly unvaccinated countries.
Isn't it more significant not where they emerge (which is by random mutation) but where they do well? And don't they seem to do well in countries that have vaccinated more people?
Is it even particularly easy to say where a variant originated? Could the mutations happen multiple times independently?
- yyyk 5y ago>Isn't it more significant not where they emerge (which is by random mutation) but where they do well? Random mutation happens more when we give it more chances, by letting it infect more unprotected people. We'd rather avoid that, so it's also important. >Is it even particularly easy to say where a variant originated? No, but we have gene sampling to help. >Could the mutations happen multiple times independently? They can and sometimes do happen independently.
- maxerickson 5y agoThe Delta variant is a humanitarian crisis in less vaccinated India and a moderate public health concern in countries with higher rates of vaccination.
- jstanley 5y agoFrom this page: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/india https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/india India seems to be doing better than the UK on basically every metric (switch to "Map" view for comparison).
- mensetmanusman 5y agoObesity rates correlate as well.
- maxerickson 5y agoDo deaths per million over the last 3 months instead of the last 7 days.
- pas 5y agoThere are arguments that they seriously undercount/underreport: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/world/asia/india-covid-pandemic-excess-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/world/asia/india-covid-pa... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/25/world/asia/india-covid-death-estimates.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/25/world/asia/in...