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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2020

      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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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2020

      One thing Africa has going for it is that the median age is 19.7, vs 42.6 in Europe.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2020

      (The birth rate in Nigeria is 5.53. In Italy it's 1.35.)

      4:58 AM - 5 Mar 2020
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        2. Lynoure Braakman‏ @Lynoure 5 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          In Italy its so rare for young adults to feel they have the means for having kids as long term job contracts are rare thing

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2020
          Replying to @Lynoure

          Surely long-term job contracts are not more common in Nigeria?

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        2. AJ‏ @adjmacro 5 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          Italy needs a higher birth rate , Nigeria needs to lower their birth rate. Both are a symptom of so many of their issues

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        3. 🆃🅷🅴  🅱 🅰 🅱🆈 🅸🅽🆅🅴🆂🆃 🅾🆁‏ @TheBabyInvestor 5 Mar 2020
          Replying to @adjmacro @paulg

          Although, the high birthrate is an issue in Nigeria, we are more concerned about the choking issues we are facing right now. We can cry over birthrate tomorrow if we survive today.

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        1. Gianpaolo Eramo‏ @GianpaoloST 5 Mar 2020
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          it's early to have a correct fatality rate estimate here in Italy I guess, but I doubt African countries run same number of tests we are doing here - I don't even know if they're testing at all. It's convenient for bad governments to declassify COVID-19 deaths to other causes

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        1. Charles Nichols‏ @CharlesDNichols 5 Mar 2020
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          Which is v concerning when paired w/ ag yield projections.pic.twitter.com/7H6GFOsoxF

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        1. JP‏ @FPThinker 5 Mar 2020
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          Unless we find a way to inflate the planet indefinitely, Italy is the model to follow, not Nigeria.

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        1. OttawaWebPro‏ @OttawaWebPro 5 Mar 2020
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          It doesn't bode well for FLorida.

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        1. Francesco Sullo‏ @sullof 5 Mar 2020
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          It makes sense.

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        1. Friar Hass‏ @FriarHass 5 Mar 2020
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          Lol 5.53, those are rookie numbers. Mali is 7. I'm not sure Nigeria breaks into the top 5 fertility rates actually...

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