Reply to: India

[SueEllen]

Dallas Texas is unusually cold this this year and nowhere near the temperature in Delhi.

Are people in Dallas more likely to be older, more obese and stay indoors in air conditioning than those in Delhi?

Air conditioning is a known spreader of viruses, while increased age and obesity are known factors which increase your risk of dying from the virus.

[Eirikur]

What percentage of their nations' populations live there?

Top 10 African cities
1 Lagos Nigeria 21,320,000
2 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,860,000
3 Cairo Egypt 9,500,000
4 Giza Egypt 8,800,000
5 Johannesburg South Africa 5,640,000
6 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 5,550,000
7 Alexandria Egypt 5,200,000
8 Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire 4,980,000
9 Nairobi Kenya 4,720,000
10 Casablanca Morocco 4,370,000

[d000hg]

Dallas Texas is unusually cold this this year and nowhere near the temperature in Delhi.

How nice, you've cherry-picked 2 cities to prove... not much.

[AtW]

Texas and Florida - Trump country, if people don’t believe virus exists and go to bars etc then the spread and deaths would reflect that

50-60% herd immunity + some social distancing measures might just be enough - offers hope for vaccinations

[Paddy]

Do we know what effect this has given most transmission is from close personal contact? Texas and Florida are pretty warm and were (are?) badly hit.

Dallas Texas is unusually cold this this year and nowhere near the temperature in Delhi.

[d000hg]

Ever been in Cairo or Lagos?

What percentage of their nations' populations live there?

[fullyautomatix]

The flu type virus does not survive in India’s tropical climate. At its peak the hospital’s were full and I know that they were using every experimental drug possible including remdisvor.

[Eirikur]

African nations tend to be a bit less population-dense, maybe? Speaking at a very high generalised level obviously. You'd expect places like Joburg to be teeming with it.

Ever been in Cairo or Lagos?

[Eirikur]

not many deaths in Africa too because of same reasons but south america seems an anomaly.

There is also a lot of under reporting (if any reporting at all) from African countries

[d000hg]

African nations tend to be a bit less population-dense, maybe? Speaking at a very high generalised level obviously. You'd expect places like Joburg to be teeming with it.

[darmstadt]

not many deaths in Africa too because of same reasons but south america seems an anomaly.

And nuttters: Tanzania’s President Says Country Is Virus Free. Others Warn of Disaster - The New York Times

Or over in Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka health minister tests positive, shatters Covid cure claims | EconomyNext

[d000hg]

Delhi temperatures are currently around the same as UK summer temperatures which will shorten the lifetime of the virus.

Do we know what effect this has given most transmission is from close personal contact? Texas and Florida are pretty warm and were (are?) badly hit.

[Andy2]

not many deaths in Africa too because of same reasons but south america seems an anomaly.

[Paddy]

Delhi temperatures are currently around the same as UK summer temperatures which will shorten the lifetime of the virus.

[NigelJK]

You just don't broadcast ad infinitum about it

FTFY