Thread by @FaheemYounus

Thread:
Applicable to many countries but for India/Pakistan COVID is no future threat; it’s here.

Explaining: Why the real case count is likely 10-20 fold, deaths are WAY under reported, and why this is my compassion - NOT critique

So please read it without feeling attacked

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Real number of COVID cases are 10-20 times higher

Because IND/PK have done 10-30 times less COVID tests

India 2400/M
PK. 2300/M
BD. 1600/M

Leave the affluent West

Even Russia has done 60,000/M, Turkey 22,000/M. Even Ghana’s done 6000/M

So it’s here and now.

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The REAL number of deaths are also vastly under reported (like in US, Russia, Mexico etc)

Read this Telegraph report. Summary (in various areas):

Cremations ⬆️ 6-7 times

⬆️People dying at homes

⬇️ reporting on death certificates

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telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

So what to do? Part 1:

Go on the OFFENSE and tackle the front-end of the problem: Test aggressively, isolate in homes, identify hot spots, be strategic with lockdowns, and make people feel safe.

PREVENT as much as possible.

COVID is here to stay for many many months.

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Avoid DEFENSE by hyperfocusing on miracle drugs/ventilators.

Prevent it today, so you don’t have to treat it tomorrow.

Plan NOW to procure and administer a mass vaccine once available. OR you’ll be left out/pushed to the back of the line. Vaccination won’t be easy

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