A friend pointed out that one reason the coronavirus death rate in Italy is so high is that the population is so old. 21.7% are 65 or over, vs 14.6% in South Korea.
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One thing Africa has going for it is that the median age is 19.7, vs 42.6 in Europe.
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(The birth rate in Nigeria is 5.53. In Italy it's 1.35.)
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Someone did the math. Death rate in Europe would be twice that of China and 4x Africa's, all else being equal.
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Do you have a link to this?
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That is true, but we have less resources to deal with the a high number of cases here in South Africa.
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Strange way of saying low life expectancy is something "Africa has going for it"..?
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that's not what it means.
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Good for Africa because... nobody gets that old anyway? Or why is their median age that low? A bit cynical, don‘t you think?
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The birth rate in Nigeria is 5.53. In Italy it's 1.35.
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That might be one thing, but there are plenty of others going against it: "Until early this week, there were only two laboratories in Africa - one in Senegal and the other in South Africa - which had the reagents needed to test samples."
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(not) ok boomers ..
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