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Originally Posted by badrunner
Africa has been spared mostly because they have a very young population. Their 75+ population is tiny compared to western countries. That alone would account for most of the difference, but there are other factors like low degree of personal mobility, less international travel, less globally integrated economy etc. I'm not saying the numbers coming out of Africa are entirely accurate, but there's no reason to believe that they're intentionally hiding anything either.
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Also, younger populations that get COVID are more likely to be mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic, and thus not get tested. So the current numbers may not truly reflect the case counts. I'm also not sure how rigorous their testing is to begin with, but either way, I don't think they're undercounting their cases intentionally as some on here are claiming.
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