They are getting slaughtered.
One could argue that the reporting issues last year account for the low counts. Or that the virus mutated
Whatever the case, India is facing a catastrophe.
Are you able to do simple arithmetic? Four thousand deaths in a day in a country four times the size of the USA is a routine day in America. And that’s a RECORD for India. Overall deaths are higher than reported, around 600,000 total so far per government clinicians in Delhi. That’s a 150,000 for America on a per capita equal basis. That’s 25% of America’s death per capita. This is a direct per capita total excess deaths comparison.
India is 75% lower in deaths than America! This is far lower even given the tragic circumstances.
Yes, that much is obvious. Doesn’t that add urgency to the search for an effective therapeutic agent that can actually be used in India’s circumstances? Even if it’s only 20% effective, wouldn’t that be worth it?
I’ve been watching the numbers in India and other nations for a year. Canada, America, Great Britain, Australia, Sweden, the EU. Careful monitoring of the most realistic models using each nation’s population data. I predicted between one and 3 million deaths for India last fall - October 2020. While they were predicting victory. This doesn’t surprise me.
NPR???