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Thank you for pointing this out. Many of the flat earthers will come up with a zillion reasons that ivermectin is not in all of India, that there are pockets, blah blah blah, but the truth is that even in the areas that there are ivermectin there is still very high penetration and spread.

Additionally what no one will remember is that there are a lot of “studies” that show oxygen should not be administered, or at least in low doses. This seems to shoot that theory all to hell as well.

The fact of the matter is that India is on an upward acceleration velocity that looks like where we were in November. It will pass, but it will be a problem. And you are additionally correct that prevention is preferable to cure (Oath of Hippocrates)

The fact of the matter is that India is on an upward acceleration velocity.

India is next door neighbors to China and lately has been having border skirmishes with them. They were allied with Trump America against China.

Is it possible that may have something to do with India's infection rate? Stick that in your ponder box, doc.

There are other things going on in the world besides your doctoring expertise, which is why all your kvetching is one dimensional and naive.

That's why people who spent their entire life in school and medical facilities shouldn't presume to understand or expound on the big picture.

Expand your thinking.
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What is the geographic distribution in India?
(Rural areas likely aren’t using much oxygen out of tanks, right?)
And does anyone have any indication if this is a “mutant” strain?
...anyone heard a peep out of Wuhan, lately? As in, infections? Or did all their vulnerable die in the first wave?

India is on an upward acceleration velocity that looks like where we were in November.?

Doc, I hate to slightly disagree, but, the shapes of the 7 day average case and fatality curves in India are much worse than ours were in November. That especially if you expand both out to a 2 or 3 month period. We sort of juked and jogged around as our numbers went up, but never sustained steep velocity or acceleration in the curves for long, leading to a slower overall rise. India's curves... Sweet Jesus. They look almost "textbook", with classic, smooth, "simple model" velocity and acceleration (1st and 2nd derivatives for those into calculus), and no sign yet of slowing due to, well, anything, at present.

I guesstimated on another thread that due to the lag from cases to fatalities, India has around 5k fatalities / day "baked in" about 2 weeks from now. If care shortages are already becoming evident, that number may be too low. And if the cases don't slow soon, I don't think 10k fatalities per day is out of the question. Pretty sobering stuff. Prayers for all.