In sub-Saharan Africa, it is conceivable that a measles outbreak made worse by the coronavirus pandemic will do more harm than the coronavirus itself. Unlike covid-19, it kills mostly children.https://www.msf.org/measles-steady-silent-killer-among-covid-19 …
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A pandemic that (so far) spares kids and most of the poorest countries on the planet is an extraordinarily lucky throw of the dice. You can think of it as a vaccine for the global public health system—it has hit us hard, but will ensure we are ready for much worse in the future
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Let's admit that if the prevalence of this disease were inverted—it struck mostly poor countries in the global south, with a similar death rate—the covid-19 pandemic would be page 19 news, and all the articles would be about how we can keep it out of developed countries.
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What is the level of testing in these places? That makes a huge difference in the death count.
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Testing has no effect on the excess death count
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Where's Asia?
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Head east from Europe and you can't miss it
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Happy to. I've included a screengrab. I'll remind you in 2 months.pic.twitter.com/kY2gcho9DF
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Times presents similar information in a different fashion. The spikes across countries appears striking. Look for spikes to intensify in Central, South America. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html …
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These are a crime against the Y axis
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