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1. I think lack of travel from the population has a part in it

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 10:25 AM

Mar 2022

If it never arrives, it won’t come there.

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Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa's Low Death Rates (NYT) [View all] SoonerPride Mar 2022 OP

I think lack of travel from the population has a part in it jimfields33 Mar 2022 #1

Oh. Thank you. I guess it is a mystery. jimfields33 Mar 2022 #3

I wonder if it could be their diet Tree Lady Mar 2022 #5

Or perhaps their repeated exposure to so many virulent diseases PatSeg Mar 2022 #8

This is my (uneducated) supposition as well. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #11

People in Africa deal with many diseases PatSeg Mar 2022 #12

Indeed SoonerPride Mar 2022 #13

Perhaps more to the point, there would be far fewer people there PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #14

That is a good point as well PatSeg Mar 2022 #15

WOW !!! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #6

I wonder if Vitamin D was a key Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #4

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2022 #7

The median age in Africa is 19.7 years. Mariana Mar 2022 #9