Thread by @MackayIM

Why is the @WHO saying South America is the next #COVID19 hotspot?
Here are trends from some countries around SA (testing data - don't @ me with what you want to see, *you* go look that up)
These don't account for testing capacity, politics or population size

Graphs snipped from coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
update 23MAY2020 1232

Brazil
👑(33,890 SARS-CoV positives); nuzzling 20,000 positives (+) a day & not slowing

Peru
👑111,698 (+); ~4,000 per day & not clearly slowing

Chile
👑61,857 (+); ~4,000 per day & not slowing

Ecuador
👑35,828 (+); ~500 per day
👑signs point to $ & limited testing in this developing nation
🔬bbc.com/news/world-lat…
🔬theconversation.com/deaths-and-des…
🔬npr.org/sections/goats…

Colombia
👑19,131 (+); >700 per day & not slowing

Argentina
👑10,649 (+); >600 per day and rising sharply

Bolivia
👑5,579 (+); ~300 per day & not slowing

Venezuela
👑944 (+); >50 per day
👑use of antibody tests (moreso than RT-PCR) may be an issue for results here
🔬aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/v…
🔬voanews.com/covid-19-pande…

Missed a zero - 330,890 (+) ! Sorry.