Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster

Tommy2Nuttz wrote:

3 points.

1. Africa in general is notorious for having no real legitimate way to record deaths, much less deaths from Covid. If you die on some village or the outskirts of towns and in shanties, they wont cover your death. So we have no clue how many have died from Covid.

2. There seems to be some correlation between low cases and the peoples exposure to the malaria parasite.

3. Most of Africa has low population densities. And in placed with higher densities the settings are largely outdoors, not in malls, indoor stadiums etc. like in the West.

1. Oh those backward Africans, eh?

2. Huh?

3. Total nonsense. Africa ranks third with a population of 1.29 billion, representing 16.87% of the world’s population. Africa covers an area of 11,730,000 square miles. The population density of the continent is 87.15 people per square mile. North America has a density of 57.29 per square mile while South America has a density of 56.9 per square mile.

Australia is the world's least densely populated continent, aside from Antartica which does not have a permanent population. Approximately 41.5 million people inhabit an area of 2,969,907 square miles. The continent’s density is 8.37 per square mile.

start with fox wrote:

Pig Farmer wrote:

We should cancel him just to be on the safe side.

If you post something idiotic and/or racist, on a public forum, it should not come as a shock when people call you out on it. It comes with the territory and if you can't handle that you need to grow up a little bit.

Sham made an idiotic, ignorant, and demonstrably racist post. Ray called him out on it, justifiably so. No one is being cancelled here, just being held ever so slightly accountable. Get a grip.please.

I think Pig farmer was being funny.

Tommy2Nuttz wrote:

3 points.

1. Africa in general is notorious for having no real legitimate way to record deaths, much less deaths from Covid. If you die on some village or the outskirts of towns and in shanties, they wont cover your death. So we have no clue how many have died from Covid.

2. There seems to be some correlation between low cases and the peoples exposure to the malaria parasite.

3. Most of Africa has low population densities. And in placed with higher densities the settings are largely outdoors, not in malls, indoor stadiums etc. like in the West.

Instead of talking about age. A very logical resson, this guy is insulting africa and lying about density

Hardloper wrote:

I've read there's actually not even a word for "Covid" in the African language

"The African language"?

Exlpain how I'm insulting Africa.

sayyestonepotism wrote:

Instead of talking about age. A very logical resson, this guy is insulting africa and lying about density

The Africa has been spared theory is not quite accurate. See here

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.29.21264325v2.full-text

The risk of infection observed across developing countries is higher than in high-income nations. Prevalence in developing countries is roughly uniform across age groups, in contrast to the typical pattern in high-income countries where seroprevalence is markedly lower among middle-aged and older adults. The IFR is substantially higher in developing countries than higher-income locations.

It is because they have no concept of time.

Brazil on the other hand has been a total disaster. Probably because they have a concept of time.

Sham 69 wrote:

It's because they're outside all day. There are no bars in Africa. When it get's too hot they just sit under a tree. COVID spreads in indoor buildings with ventilation, but people in Africa don't have this.

#Geography

#TheThirdWorld

#ChristianityRocks

There are no bars in Africa?

Sham69, you need to get out more.

Surely we can all understand the difference between the USA and Africa as far as how covid spreads.

Yet another jamin thread he starts and never posts again. ... Meaning that he is definitely posting here (trolling) but under other names, and supporting his first post and denigrating it. Building interest in himself.

Troll 69 wrote:

It's because they're outside all day. There are no bars in Africa. When it get's too hot they just sit under a tree. COVID spreads in indoor buildings with ventilation, but people in Africa don't have this.

#Geography

#TheThirdWorld

#ChristianityRocks

Shammy showing us how it’s done. The GOAT troll strikes again!

#Sham69rawks!

1) You're being ignorant here. Recorded deaths will be proportional to things like medical support and poverty. Africa simply doesn't have the medical infrastructure "country" wide (it does vary, but generalising). So when you're 20 miles from the nearest hospital with no transport, you aren't going there.

2) Actually this is true, there did seem to be some relationship to Malaria, but I'm not aware of any "proper" studies on this. This may just be correlation with things like point 1) and also the average life expectancy etc.

3) You obviously aren't understanding the relationship between people and space in Africa. You should go there some time and educate yourself. You can't look at simple population density of miles/people. You need to look at what's really happening in those dense areas and how people live. Take a look at South Africa vs Tanzania and cases. It's really complex, and density + 1) + various other factors are involved. The outdoors factor with density is significant.

Just because so many black people happen to be in the continent of Africa does NOT mean it's racist to point out that Africa doesn't have that much indoor ventilation! I bet you guys didn't know that WHITE PEOPLE live in South Africa. By the way, there are A LOT of black people in the United States who have indoor ventilation. This isn't about race. 👍🏻

start with fox wrote:

Pig Farmer wrote:

We should cancel him just to be on the safe side.

If you post something idiotic and/or racist, on a public forum, it should not come as a shock when people call you out on it. It comes with the territory and if you can't handle that you need to grow up a little bit.

Sham made an idiotic, ignorant, and demonstrably racist post. Ray called him out on it, justifiably so. No one is being cancelled here, just being held ever so slightly accountable. Get a grip.please.

Yes, you should never miss an opportunity to engage in race baiting. Always be negative and try to stir up s#it and divisiveness.

This recent article explains why Africa has lower Death Rate from Covid than elsewhere and is from a reputable news source.

It sights these five reasons and is a good read:

1. Quick Action

2. Public Support

3. Young population - and few old-age homes

4: Favorable climate

5: Good community health systems

I encaourage you to read it, in that there is a lot to be learned about effective virus control measures.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54418613

Even if a continent has a lot of people, it may not have high population density for purposes of virus transmission if the people are spread out.

This article explains it well:

"Many models have shown a larger incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in urbanized regions, owing to dense living conditions. A large share of the African population (55%) lives in rural areas, leading to lower case numbers. In terms of demographics, only 3% of the African population is over 65, and they live at home with extended families. This is quite different from wealthy countries, where a large number of deaths have been owing to super-spreading events in care homes."

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seattle prattle wrote:

This recent article explains why Africa has lower Death Rate from Covid than elsewhere and is from a reputable news source.

It sights these five reasons and is a good read:

1. Quick Action

2. Public Support

3. Young population - and few old-age homes

4: Favorable climate

5: Good community health systems

I encaourage you to read it, in that there is a lot to be learned about effective virus control measures.

- Rural living in small villages (semi-isolation)

- Low amount of travel (low rate of car ownership)

- Limited energy grid (many homes are off the grid with a small solar panel to a power phone, small TV and a few lights)

Africans are not nearly as fat as Americans and obesity in most of Africa is almost non-existent. This keeps Covid deaths way down.

Africans also test way less and uses much less social media than Americans do. The constant Covid testing for everyone who has sniffles and the constant covid fear mongering on social media is fueling the Covid hysteria.

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Africans are not nearly as fat as Americans and obesity in most of Africa is almost non-existent. This keeps Covid deaths way down.

Africans also test way less and uses much less social media than Americans do. The constant Covid testing for everyone who has sniffles and the constant covid fear mongering on social media is fueling the Covid hysteria.

those factors wouldn't influence the lower rates of infection or lower death rates that they are reporting than other countries.