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DeminPennswoods

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4. This came immediately to mind when I looked at the WHO map

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:18 AM

Mar 2020

It's entirely possible that this is a result of people not being tested.

But, not every country in Africa is chaotic like Somalia and many still have ties to the old European colonial powers. It's certainly worth investigating why there are no reported cases in such a large area.

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With only three official cases, Africa's low coronavirus rate puzzles health experts [View all] mfcorey1 Mar 2020 OP

Not really loving this paragraph: Squinch Mar 2020 #1

Filthy Don the ignorant Con malaise Mar 2020 #5

I suspect limited testing has more weight on the numbers than anything else beachbumbob Mar 2020 #2

Story is from March 1 - there are now 17 confirmed cases in South Africa. milestogo Mar 2020 #3

This came immediately to mind when I looked at the WHO map DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #4

Turkey has only 1! superpatriotman Mar 2020 #6