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But there is something “mysterious” going on in Africa that is puzzling scientists, said Wafaa El-Sadr, chair of global health at Columbia University. “Africa doesn’t have theand the resources to fight COVID-19 that they have in Europe and the U.S., but somehow they seem to be doing better,” she said.
“We went into this project thinking we would see a higher rate of negative outcomes in people with a history of malaria infections because that’s what was seen in patients co-infected with malaria and Ebola,” said Jane Achan, a senior research advisor at the Malaria Consortium and a co-author of the study. “We were actually quite surprised to see the opposite — that malaria may have a protective effect.
In past months, the coronavirus has pummeled South Africa and is estimated to have killed more than 89,000 people there, by far the most deaths on the continent. But for now, African authorities, while acknowledging that there could be gaps, are not reporting huge numbers of unexpected fatalities that might be COVID-related. WHO data show that deaths in Africa make up just 3% of the global total. In comparison, deaths in the Americas and Europe account for 46% and 29%.
Media hype
Yes! So happy for them! Well done! Maybe they go about hygiene, food, touch differently.
Most people in these countries live outside. It's quite obvious why covid is not an issue there. It's also not an issue in the southern states in the USA in the winter, and the northern states in the summer. Same reason.
😊😊😊 'The mask is to protect my pocket.' Thanks, ABC. Be sure your American readers don't miss this.
Their mystified 🙄 Cant wait for all the Twitter scientists to come out of their laboratories and try explain this away to themselves so they can sleep at night. Oh look!! Its already begun!! 🥳
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