Let us examine the data:
1)>2.7 million diagnosed with COVID.
2) Seroprevalence in hotspots:
Mumbai slums 57%
Pune 52%
Delhi 29%
3) Much lower mortality than expected. @nramind
5) Mumbai and Delhi hospitals have not had the overflowing ICUs & ERs seen in Lombardy or NY despite far less resources.
6) Tens of millions live in situations where social distancing is impossible. Explains seroprevalence
8) With this level of seroprevalence the mortality rates if similar to the US should be far far higher. But it’s not.
It could be genetic predispositions. But much less likely.
Too many lives will be lost if you are not careful.
PLEASE
#Masks4All
Social distance
Hand hygeine
DONT RELAX
-Undercounting of deaths
- Lower age
- Lesser obesity
But there are also factors going the other way
-Overcrowding
- Poverty
- Less hospital resources
My judgment is that there is more going on that we need to understand.
I’m not sure. From what I’ve read so far, I doubt these are playing a role.