Let’s be honest - we all know that healthcare & hygiene are worse in African countries than in Europe and the Anglosphere. So why does Africa have fuck-all cases compared to developed countries? And the only country in Africa which has significant cases is South Africa - the country in Africa which is arguably the most culturally similar to Europe....?
It’s an interesting question to consider. Lots of possible answers, none of which reflect well on our media or our politicians. And you’ll notice that for once nobody is urging you to think about the plight of Africa, not even mentioning it. Why, I wonder??
I'm guessing they didn't get the CDC memo to classify as many deaths as possible being caused by the Chinese virus. That, and many of these countries have sold their economic souls to China.
I'm more perplexed by India.
Exactly. They’re not counting every death as COVID and they’re not testing for it. They haven’t shut down their economies (such as they are). Also true about the “debt-trap diplomacy” ties with China.
I haven’t looked at India, I assume the figures are also low? Interesting.... is malaria common in India, I wonder?
Edit: I found at least part of the answer, they’re not testing for it. Testing rates about 1% of NYC rates. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
just as a pragmatic measure, they might feel different about population reduction than us hayseeds.