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blitzen

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11. A big part of this is simple Geography:

Reply to LeftInTX (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 11:32 AM

Apr 2020

Latitude and Climate.

Humidity is a major deterrent to the spread of viruses.

And this has for the most part been a Northern Hemisphere event so far, since we were in winter when it started.

See the Johns Hopkins map. There is a reason why India's region is called South Asia.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

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How does India, a country of 1.3 billion people, have around 1,000 coronavirus deaths? [View all] LeftInTX Apr 2020 OP

It's a mystery. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #1

It arrived there later than here. Bucky Apr 2020 #2

No real signs of any of that at the moment. HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #16

India and China either can't count or won't count correctly. Funtatlaguy Apr 2020 #3

You think U.S. numbers are correct? dpibel Apr 2020 #9

No, the US numbers are not correct. Neither are India's or China's Caliman73 Apr 2020 #14

No. But China and India are ridiculously off. Funtatlaguy Apr 2020 #15

In poor areas when older people die or those who have been ill they are unlikely to be seen JI7 Apr 2020 #4

Reported is the keyword. patricia92243 Apr 2020 #5

Simple: because they have much more than 1,000 obamanut2012 Apr 2020 #6

I don't think India gets many Chinese tourists, the hot virus spreaders never landed there early Baclava Apr 2020 #7

Amazing!! Maxheader Apr 2020 #8

BCG Vaccine and younger population JCMach1 Apr 2020 #10

Glad I have the BCG vaccine. roamer65 Apr 2020 #12

There was an article in Newsweek this week talking about BCG JCMach1 Apr 2020 #13

A big part of this is simple Geography: blitzen Apr 2020 #11

India is in the Northern Hemisphere. former9thward Apr 2020 #18

I know that. Look at the Map though. You'll see... blitzen Apr 2020 #19

They dont. Next question. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #17