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Topic History of: India Second Wave Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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JK2006
Watching the latest filming in hospitals it looks exactly the same as the pics of hospitals in the UK, USA, Brazil everywhere during the earlier waves - apart, of course, for the different cultures - fewer waiting rooms, more beds, different types of oxygen etc...
Wyot
JK2006 wrote: Notice, WYOT, the silly "deaths as percentage of population" list has just seen the No1 - UK - beaten by Italy. India remains currently below USA and even Brazil.
Yes but I think behind the "killer new variant" crap headlines there seems to be a real issue in particular with oxygen supply, which may see numbers of deaths (most of which would have been avoidable..) go awfully high there.
Let's hope the international support can prevent this. But this is a separate topic really to Covid; it is about relative world poverty. I also think the real story in the UK was simply panic about ICU capacity in the most underfunded health system in Europe. The media just keep confecting the most dramatic narratives and barely pay attention to the real story.
Honey
JK2006 wrote: Notice, WYOT, the silly "deaths as percentage of population" list has just seen the No1 - UK - beaten by Italy. India remains currently below USA and even Brazil.
Yes, but other countries don't include having your head chopped off after an uneventful covid diagnosis.
JK2006
Notice, WYOT, the silly "deaths as percentage of population" list has just seen the No1 - UK - beaten by Italy. India remains currently below USA and even Brazil.
Wyot
The variant is only "of interest" and not been confirmed as either more deadly or infectious. The so called "double mutation" was found in India last year and with season change is now an issue. It has also been found in a range of other countries, including the UK.
So the idea that a unique more deadly virus is hitting India is just media hype and suggestion so far as I can make out. But I am starting to wonder if a combination of season, poverty, overcrowding & health care problems may see a terribly high toll in India.