Covid in India - It's a mysterie!
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@loki said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
It had to have spread like wildfire in India.
Exactly. That's what I posted back in March/April, saying, to effect, "Wait 'til it hit India."
Well, it did, and...
Of course hydroxychloroquin is available over-the-counter in India. -
India's Pandemic Death Toll Estimated At About 4 Million: 10 Times The Official Count
How many people have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began?
The official global total as of this week: 4.1 million.
But everyone agrees the true toll is far greater. A study released on Tuesday looks at how much of a disparity there may be in India, one of the epicenters of the pandemic.
The analysis, from the Center for Global Development, a think tank in Washington, D.C., looks at the number of "excess deaths" that occurred in India between January 2020 and June 2021 – in other words, how many more people died during that period than during a similar period of time in 2019 or other recent years.
Drawing death data from civil registries and other sources, the report came up with three estimates for undercounts. The conclusion is that between 3.4 and 4.7 million more people died in that pandemic period than would have been predicted. That's up to 10 times higher than the Indian government's official death toll of 414,482.
The researchers looked at India in particular because, says study co-author Justin Sandefur, the country has been hit so hard by COVID-19. "The second wave in particular led to heart-wrenching stories from friends and colleagues – and a sense that official numbers are not capturing the true scale of that toll."
But COVID death undercounts are happening almost everywhere. In the United States, the official toll is 500,000 but the real number is closer to 700,000, says Ali Mokdad of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The group's website has a global rundown that estimates "excess mortality" in many countries during the pandemic.
When counting "excess deaths," the cause of death is not part of the data set. But during a health crisis like the pandemic, the assumption is that these additional deaths are part of the COVID-19 toll, says Mokdad. They reflect not only those who died of the virus but those who might have died, say, of heart disease or diabetes because they were afraid to seek treatment during lockdowns, and those who killed themselves due to pandemic stresses, he adds.
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It's been obvious that Modi's government is more interested in optics than honesty from the word go. They've threatened and intimidated people who spoke out, or didn't toe the optimistic party line.
I'm no expert, but...
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@doctor-phibes said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
It's been obvious that Modi's government is more interested in optics than honesty from the word go.
Not sure if I can attribute this to their desire for good optics vs sheer incompetence and/or denial.
Regardless to have the number, if true, off by an order of magnitude is yuge.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
@doctor-phibes said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
It's been obvious that Modi's government is more interested in optics than honesty from the word go.
Not sure if I can attribute this to their desire for good optics vs sheer incompetence and/or denial.
Regardless to have the number, if true, off by an order of magnitude is yuge.
Well, to be fair, many people were accusing Modi of press intimidation before Covid, so it could just be coincidental.
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My feeling is that there is a monstrous cover-up in both China and India, and monstrous is the right word to use.
The irony of these idiotic conspiracy theories being so popular in the west, when there's a very real chance of an awful conspiracy of silence in the east, is very sad.
I'm no expert, but...
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@doctor-phibes said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
My feeling is that there is a monstrous cover-up in both China and India, and monstrous is the right word to use.
And Iran and Russia...though the polupulations are not of the same magnitude.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
@doctor-phibes said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
My feeling is that there is a monstrous cover-up in both China and India, and monstrous is the right word to use.
And Iran and Russia...though the polupulations are not of the same magnitude.
You can tell the countries that have the best governments, as they're the ones where people publicly say the government is covering stuff up the whole time without disappearing.
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33 districts in Uttar Pradesh are now Covid-free: State govt
Overall, the state has a total of 199 active cases, while the positivity rate came down to less than 0.01 per cent.
There are no active cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in 33 districts of Uttar Pradesh, the state government informed on Friday. About 67 districts have not reported a single new case of the viral infection in the last 24 hours, the government said, noting the steady improvement of the Covid-19 situation in the state.
The 33 Covid free districts include Aligarh, Amroha, Ayodhya, Baghpat, Ballia, Balrampur, Banda, Basti, Bahraich, Bijnor, Bhadohi, Chitrakoot, Chandauli, Etah, Deoria, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras, Kasganj, Lalitpur and Mahoba. The list also includes Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Rampur, Saharanpur, Shamli, Siddharth Nagar, and Sonbhadra, according to the state government data.
Overall, the state has a total of 199 active cases, while the positivity rate came down to less than 0.01 per cent. The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 98.7 per cent. As per the state's health bulletin, Uttar Pradesh reported only 11 new Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in the last 24 hours. The fresh cases came out of 2.26 lakh samples that were tested in the last 24 hours. As of Friday, the state government has conducted 7.42 crore tests, according to the data published by Uttar Pradesh's health department.
Meanwhile, the overall nationwide tally climbed to 33,174,954 after recording 34,973 cases in the last 24 hours. This was around 19% lower than Thursday when the country had logged 43,263 fresh infections. The death toll stands at 442,009.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
33 districts in Uttar Pradesh are now Covid-free: State govt
Overall, the state has a total of 199 active cases, while the positivity rate came down to less than 0.01 per cent.
And there was I thinking the most ridiculous thing I was going to read all week was that bloke's bollocks swelling up after getting vaccinated.
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@doctor-phibes said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
@george-k said in Covid in India - It's a mysterie!:
33 districts in Uttar Pradesh are now Covid-free: State govt
Overall, the state has a total of 199 active cases, while the positivity rate came down to less than 0.01 per cent.
And there was I thinking the most ridiculous thing I was going to read all week was that bloke's bollocks swelling up after getting vaccinated.
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