We still don't have a satisfactory answer for why poor megacities like Dhaka, Lagos, Jakarta, Manila, or New Delhi haven't had a runaway coronavirus outbreak like the ones that hit New York or Lombardy, while other parts of the world are on their second or third iteration.
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But there are a lot of places that by our understanding of this disease should have been decimated, that haven't been. This includes places with disastrous policy, misgovernment, poverty, high density, lack of public health infrastructure, you name it. I remain baffled.
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Or that different areas of the world are hit by different strains and that different genetic roots might result in different levels of vulnerability
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Delhi numbers are in fact now doubling every 14 days. + age explains a lot. Probably twice as many 65+ in Lombardy than in New Delhi. Means Lombardy currently at 8x death/pop in at risk group. Add in undercount, where's the mystery?
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