Burundi Turns Out to Replace President of 15 Years, Pandemic or No

New York Times ^

[Factuality]

Last week, the government expelled four representatives of the World Health Organization who were in the country to help coordinate Burundi’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Burundi Turns Out to Replace President of 15 Years, Pandemic or No

Great case study on whether there will be an ensuing outbreak after this.

[dfwgator]

Hopefully the Africans are discovering that the Chinese were planning to re-colonize the continent.

[Steve_Seattle]

Per Worldometer, Burundi ranks 180th in the world in total CV cases with only 42. They have had ONE CV death, and their case-per-million rate is four. It doesn't sound like they are in the throes of a "pandemic."

If the NYT is worried about an election in a country with one CV death, just imagine the long-term meddling they want to impose on the US.

[IronJack]

The world wouldn’t miss Burundi if it woke up one morning and Burundi was gone.

[nicollo]

I spoke w/ someone in Liberia today. Around 300 cases, 20 deaths and the country is in lockdown. 90% of the country lives hand-to-mouth, and everything is shut down.

Insane.