India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of coronavirus

Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by kumarm on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:54AM (#22675624)

CoronaVirus So far affected Rich Countries significantly higher than poor countries (Only China where it originated and Iran are exceptions).

One Theory is people in rich countries have less immunity. (Africa, India etc have better immunity since the countries are used to poor hygienic conditions since young ages and develop better immunity).

I added Per Capita income of the country to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center Chart: https://imgur.com/bbCzab2

Edit: I see down votes. Note that Travel between Vietnam and China has been significant (similar to west) but Vietnam is not severely impacted.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by Jagat on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:00PM (#22675684)

This usually doesn't work with novel viruses.

A more plausible explanation is that chinese immigration into India is tiny. So we're one or two degree removed from the original epicenter. But it's only a matter of time, now that the epicenter has moved to the west.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by furbyhater on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:13PM (#22675812)

The simple explanation is that poor countries usually have a much younger population than rich countries.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by malandrew on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:01PM (#22675699)

There’s also more travel between rich countries and rich countries tens to be further from the equator and at latitudes more likely to be cold. I wouldn’t be surprised if many seasonal flu deaths are in rich countries despite having access to much better medical care.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by econcon on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:45PM (#22678208)

Last time I read India was not affected by blackdeath event which spanned from Europe to Japan but didn't touch India (there is no proof that it did touch India, no mass graves were found, no account in historic texts or local hyms or folk songs)

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by mempko on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:01PM (#22675695)

By PPP, China is now the largest economy in the world and by PPP per capita, it's about #69. For context, the USA is second by PPP and 10th per capita.

I would not call China a poor country.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by harias on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:11PM (#22676445)

The reality is that rich countries are the only ones doing mass testing.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by ritwik310 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:00PM (#22675681)

Seriously?

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