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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Slums in third world countries are really a measurable metric. You live in an India slum, you aren’t running to CVS for a Covid test because you have a sniffle.  People get sick and die all the time, but the difference is they don’t seek treatment or it isn’t available.  They jus get sick and die where they are- without ever having a covid test, going to hospital, getting oxygen, getting death reported, etc.  [/quote]

Correct...is that lack of medical intervention for the smaller illnesses actually a good thing? I would say yes, those in the slums aren't building up resistance to medicines taken due to the hint of a cough or sniffle. I don't think the data isn't being reported though as we are not seeing vast numbers of unreported deaths. Sure, there are some, and some is relative, that have not been reported- both deaths in general and deaths due to COVID which were never found due to no testing but if a large number of people were dropping dead, slum or not, someone would be reporting this. Not to harp on India because there are other places in the world one might expect to see high levels of infection and subsequent deaths- Lagos comes to mind. We just aren't seeing that though even if you take into account any potential under-reporting. These aren't governments like China either where the State controls the media and even in China where that is so, people found a way, with horrendous consequences, to report the truth.[/quote]

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