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5 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The map is a composite of age/weight profiles, prior undiagnosed exposure to similar coronavirus, and effective utilization of state capacity in order of significance. A failed check on all three gets you the American (continental) level of casualties.
Mainland SE Asia has the lowest casualties in spite of marginal governance because of no fatties, resistance from previous undiagnosed localized viral sweeps. East Asia, some resistance, but again fewer fatties, strong state capacity geared towards pandemic suppression.
Sub Saharan Africa has no fatties and the youngest demographic profile, so again marginal impact. The America's are the most distant and isolated population from the old world and likely more susceptible to old world diseases, also fatasses everywhere. Rest of the world pass/fail
each criteria to varying degrees so their casualties are intermediate of the outlier poles.

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