Some interesting reading
here......
....and, some interesting (perhaps even counter-intuitive?) snippets within.
"The coronavirus took hold slowly in India, but six months after its first confirmed infection it has overtaken Russia to record the world's third largest caseload.
With the world's second-largest population, much of which lives packed into cities, the country was perhaps always destined to become a global hotspot.
But the data behind its case numbers is questionable, because India is not testing enough, and an unusually low death rate has baffled scientists."
"The data suggests that those in India who have been diagnosed with the virus are recovering from it faster than they are dying from it."
"India's share of recoveries - that is, the % of total confirmed cases in a given country that have made a full recovery - is also higher. At nearly 60%, it's far ahead of the US, where it is 27%."
To me, the above is intriguing; a country where average wealth is much lower is faring much better than the US.
You'd think the figures should be accurate; both deaths and confirmed cases are pretty solid numbers, not subject to extrapolation.
So, why is India doing so much better?
Better healthcare?
Less susceptible demographic, through age profile, genetics, (lack of) underlying health conditions?...........
A degree of innate immunity? Especially when it is reported that BAME peoples are more severely-affected by CV, at least in westernised countries......
Different (less severe) virus strain(s)?
Some "accident" of lifestyle (different diet, physical activity, whatever)?
"India has so far recorded about 20,160 deaths from Covid-19. In absolute numbers, that is the eighth highest tally in the world. But per million of the population, it is low.
"It's a fraction of what you are seeing in Western Europe," said Shamika Ravi, an economist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution."
I thought the relations ship was interesting, Also think ons numbers are England and Wales.
