Look at America’s numbers. Well over 500,000 infected. Over 30,000 new infections, every single day for the last week.
Now look at India’s numbers.
Less than 10,000 infections. Total.
India has four or five times America’s population.
India has a malaria problem.
Most Indians, take Hydroxychloroquine.
That is the difference.
There are more preferred treatments for malaria now, and one must presume they’re using them in India. India does not have the wherewithal to execute many tests, and because they cannot test they cannot declare infections. That’s the more likely explanation.
I got no dog in the hydrochloroquine fight. I can tell you that malaria is not a virus. I have no idea why the first doc in China to ever try it chose to try it because it’s not an antiviral. Where there is smoke there is fire and for whatever reason someone tried it and there is so much smoke out there that it probably has some positive effect. Calling it the salvation treatment that will stop all of the virus’ effects on society is just setting everyone up for dashed expectations. It’s likely to help some people at certain stages of the disease, but it’s not an antiviral I’m so it’s not likely to help all people at all stages of the disease. But I suspect thorough clinical trials are going to find it’s beneficial.
One other data item. We can expect India to have a reasonably low death rate from this virus. The reason why is the age concentration of deaths. India has a life expectancy of less than 70 years old. Frankly put, they die before the virus can get them.
Good points.