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Doesn't africa have really low vaccination rate at like less than 25% in most countries?
by dangwhy 3y ago
Doesn't africa have really low vaccination rate at like less than 25% in most countries?
- mikeyouse 3y agoContra dozens of studies showing the effectiveness and number of deaths averted in countries with strong public health reporting and organization, the existence of lower rates of disease in some African countries with low vaccine uptake is persuasive to you?
- unmole 3y agoAfrica also has a population that is very young: A combination of both high birth rates and low life expectancy. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
- Scoundreller 3y agoYup. 60% of the continent’s population is under 25. > All of the world's top 10 youngest countries by median age are in Africa, with Niger in first place with a median age of 15.1 years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_in_Africa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_in_Africa
- alienicecream 3y agoMaybe the point that since young people are at much less risk, it would have made sense to target the vaccines at the kinds of people that COVID was a threat to, and not quarantine us all and fire anyone who didn't want to take it.
- ipaddr 3y agoSo does China and other Asian countries