Long-term Covid-19 booster effectiveness: a population-based cohort study

Re:Long-term Covid-19 booster effectiveness: a population-ba... by unmole on Thursday May 25, 2023 @01:34PM (#36073621)

Africa also has a population that is very young: A combination of both high birth rates and low life expectancy. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

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Re:Long-term Covid-19 booster effectiveness: a population-ba... by Scoundreller on Thursday May 25, 2023 @01:53PM (#36073848)

Yup. 60% of the continent’s population is under 25.

> All of the world's top 10 youngest countries by median age are in Africa, with Niger in first place with a median age of 15.1 years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_in_Africa

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Re:Long-term Covid-19 booster effectiveness: a population-ba... by alienicecream on Thursday May 25, 2023 @03:25PM (#36074954)

Maybe the point that since young people are at much less risk, it would have made sense to target the vaccines at the kinds of people that COVID was a threat to, and not quarantine us all fire anyone who didn't want to take it.

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Re:Long-term Covid-19 booster effectiveness: a population-ba... by ipaddr on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:08PM (#36075497)

So does China and other Asian countries

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