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Acala 19 points ago +23 / -4

Ok then explain India. More than a billion people. Only 273 deaths.

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Rob_Belmonte 37 points ago +38 / -1

Literally everyone in India takes anti-malaria meds.

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Acala 15 points ago +17 / -2

I don't think its just that though I'm sure its a factor. Reports of over representation of covid19 by several sources in the states, already. I think the deaths in the US are wildly off.

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Peashout 9 points ago +9 / -0

They are.

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ChuckedBeef 4 points ago +4 / -0

Definitely, the system was rigged to bleed more money from taxpayers and to blow up the number of deaths reported as coronavirus for political optics. "Muh USA has more CV deaths than any other country!" "Impeach!"

Trump really needs to have all of these hospitals audited to get America the truth.

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Granny 4 points ago +4 / -0

Trying to justify all the needless resources and taxpayer $$$ that have been wasted on this so-called emergency?

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rbobjones69 3 points ago +3 / -0

Why not? Our entire national debt is because of democratic programs started to get and keep power.

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getkek 1 point ago +2 / -1

Numerous scientific journals have already cited anti-malarial drugs such as hydroxychloroquine are less effective (that is, more prone to resistance) in communities where they have been over-used.

Not trying to counter-point you in a rude way, it's just that your argument, according to science, should be showing more cases, not less if these drugs have been used as freely as drugs like aspirin.

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BackChattel 6 points ago +6 / -0

I politely disagree. 'Less effective' does not mean 'makes it worse'.

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Brucesky420 4 points ago +4 / -0

Exactly. Less effective is still more effective than not taking it at all

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getkek 1 point ago +1 / -0

To which I agree with you, which is why my comment isn't about its effectiveness or not against COVID19, but it being used regularly pre-pandemic as the commenter suggested, which simply can't be as HQ became parasite resistance in the 1950's and was replaced by SP's in the 80's.

I don't think it's HQ stemming spread of deaths in India, but I am just one dude with an opinion.

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Konsaki 1 point ago +1 / -0

Numerous scientific journals have already cited...

You got the links/evidence?

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Imransgarage 1 point ago +1 / -0

Haven’t seen those yet, but just by case frequency that seems unusual.

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Konsaki 9 points ago +9 / -0

That, I have no idea about. Considering their proximity to China, they should be overrun with cases but they aren't reporting those kind of numbers.

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rbobjones69 17 points ago +17 / -0

Not really. Between India and China you have a little barrier called the Himalayas. Additionally, they are major adversaries both in business and in border disputes. China's global ambitions aren't playing well in India and we are becoming beneficiaries of it.

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axrevolutionai 19 points ago +19 / -0

wait...are you saying a big beautiful natural wall works????

Who would have thought? ??

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Konsaki 15 points ago +15 / -0

the Himalayas

Embarrassingly, I completely forgot about one of the largest mountain ranges in the world... oops?

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SwampSwan 8 points ago +8 / -0

I wouldn't have thought of it either - it's early a.m. here, too early to think!

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thingaboutarsenal 11 points ago +12 / -1

We're overcounting, they're undercounting. Their cases shot up after they postponed the Olympics. They were obviously supressing numbers. That said they're the cleanest people, maybe on Earth, so them having less cases than us is not surprising.

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Konsaki 5 points ago +5 / -0

That's probably correct, about the Olympics, as no government will tell the complete truth of the situation.

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horsefacestorm 3 points ago +3 / -0

It's the tentacle sex keeping them healthy

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Konsaki 2 points ago +2 / -0

Can't catch the WuFlu if you're an Otaku Hikikomori!

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rbobjones69 1 point ago +1 / -0

But they have always been a clean people. That said, the Japanese population has been ravaged by epidemics such as cholera for centuries until their population was introduced to modern hygiene techniques during our occupation after WWII. Personal hygiene can only do so much without modern water ans sewage systems.

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cuckslasher 6 points ago +6 / -0

living in india must make anyone basically immune against everything

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Yucky 2 points ago +2 / -0

I also heard the virus is less active in hot areas. India is pretty hot, right?

Also, constantly breathing the fumes of shit-smeared streets might have boosted their immune systems over the years? Just a thought.

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Acala 2 points ago +2 / -0

Or they just don't have massive over reporting of COVID deaths.

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Brucesky420 1 point ago +1 / -0

India isn't testing people. Look it up. You can't have confirmed cases if you're not testing them. We ramped up our testing 100 fold in the past two weeks, hence why things shot up. Plus in many low risk areas, the tests can take 7-15 days to process, so we're seeing people who got sick almost two weeks ago now get confirmed

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Acala 1 point ago +1 / -0

So explain Japan then. They didn't even lock down their country.