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No, it looks quite a bit like what might happen if a virus has about a billion infected people to evolve.
by KarlKemp 5y ago
No, it looks quite a bit like what might happen if a virus has about a billion infected people to evolve.
- gojomo 5y agoThat's also a possibility! But note that in many respects, Africa has had a mysteriously mild pandemic overall – see https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-pandemics-united-nations-fcf28a83c9352a67e50aa2172eb01a2f https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-heal... Also that South Africa, specifically, has reported far fewer deaths per capita than the US or UK, and recently was even turning away vaccine deliveries for lack of local demand: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/exclusive-south-africa-delays-covid-vaccine-deliveries-inoculations-slow-2021-11-24/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/exclusive-south-africa-...
- moistly 5y agoThere’s no mystery, the median age in Africa is 18, the median age in NA/Europe is 40. Africa has a *very* young population and we all know that covid afflicts the elderly orders of magnitude more.