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Caliman73

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

Reply to dpibel (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:00 PM

Apr 2020

Each country has a strongman or wannabe strongman at the helm of the country, therefore in each of the countries that actual count is not accurate.

There is no way that a country as densely populated as India can have 1000 deaths related to COVID-19.

In the US, the deaths are being counted by state, county, and local municipalities and being reported nationally. Trump is likely pressuring and making decisions to keep those numbers down. You can bet that Modi and Xi are also pressing authorities to keep the numbers down.

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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