Posted on 04/16/2020 8:08:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
India is four times more populous than the US, but has just 2% the number of cases and only 1.5% of the number of Covid-19 deaths. How has the country, whose per capita income is just tenth of the US, avoided being flattened by the pandemic?
There are four possible explanations:
1. The epidemic may have struck later than in other countries. Since epidemics have exponential growth at the start, a small delay can have massive effects on the number of cases.
2. Indias 21-day lockdown may have successfully suppressed the epidemic. Physical distancing is one of the best ways to slow the epidemic and, if anything, many have criticized the lockdown for being too draconian in that regard.
3. India has not been able to test enough to count all cases and deaths. Without sufficient testing, many deaths may not be labeled with Covid-19 for official statistics, leading to an underestimation of the severity of the crisis.
4. India may have protective characteristics against Covid-19. Researchers have proposed that the low share of elderly in the population, the high temperatures and humidity in India, widespread BCG vaccination for tuberculosis, or resistance to malaria have helped India escape the brunt of the pandemic.
First, we can rule out that India is in an early stage of the pandemic. The first infected travelers from Wuhan reached Kerala, southwest India, on January 29. While it is true that Kerala acted quickly and contained a potential outbreak, more carriers reached other states by early March.
While the lockdown will certainly have an effect on the pandemic in India in the long run, there has not been enough time for its impact to be felt. So the current low level of deaths is really telling us about what happened before the lockdown began.
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You name it, they did it. Cabbie kept the windows rolled up and the A/C on and the view from there alone was sickening.
That makes sense. Cause cancer is a disease too.
Let's go with that.
Science.
RE: Perhaps somthing related to most of the nation being below the Tropic of Cancer.
Is there definite proof that those countries below the Tropic of Cancer are less prone to Covid-19?
Check out these videos and your statement on social distancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUs88p8wtBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv8qwg0bJC0&t=2753s
Then think tent dwellers in LA. They are the beginning of the Mumbai slums
-——wretchedness——
Aaahhh yes...
I kept trying till spell check accepted my word
Dunno.
If they had side effects they would probably quit taking them. But if most of the populace is on them then there are not so many people who can be transmission vectors for the virus. It’s like an artificially created herd immunity.
If you look at my posting history, you will find that I have been advocating ramping up hydroxychloroquine production domestically and striving for just that (starting with medical and elder care workers) since late February.
Spell check is a cruel mistress and it is funded by George Soros.
#Beware
Would 1.3 Billion people still be considered anecdotal?
India has a long history with malaria and when the news hit that COVID-19 could be controlled with early use of hydroxychloroquine (thanks to President Trump) vast numbers of Indian citizens went to pharmacies and stocked up. Because they are also the world’s biggest manufacturer the drug was widely available. Their health care system is notoriously lax and prescriptions were easily obtained without much government interference. India is unintentionally running the world’s largest clinical trial for HCQ.
Its interesting that several senior care centers and nursing homes in Red states in the US also heard about the potential prophylactic benefits of HCQ and began prescribing it for their patients early on. Their mortality rates are a fraction of those seen in NY and NJ. This will be studied in the future but given the risk reward potential of the therapy it should have been a no brainer.
I joked with a friend, who asked why it seemed like the homeless were not affected by Covid-19, if you can survive a year in a homeless camp, you probably build up immunity to a lot of things.
...I’ve no idea, really.
Why? Because the hype is fake. OVERREACTION. Fake news hype...
I keep asking myself why aren't we seeing the virus rampaging through poorer countries with poor health care poor sanitation infrastructure. Why is COVID-19 not devastating Central American countries and nations in Africa? Why does this appear to be a 'Rich Country Problem'?
An obvious answer would be people in wealthier countries have money to travel and they are spreading the disease.
Even so why isn't it affecting immigrant communities? Why aren't we seeing high numbers of Chinese in Americas who travel back and forth to China disproportionately affected?
Their lips are moving - THEY ARE LYING!
And turmeric, ginger, and all those other spices?
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/india-providing-hydroxychloroquine-drug-over-50-countries-coronavirus-full-list-608345
Not as many obese people.
They have tough immune systems.
Raise a child in a spotless environment and get fragile adults.
Thousands of years pooping in the back yard and then washing up in the river has prepared their immune systems..
India does not have a single flu season. It varies from north to south.
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