57% in Mumbai have Covid - only 0.05% death rate

[Bobby]

Dan - what are you doing to us?

57% in Mumbai slums have Covid -
but only 0.05% death rate.
That's similar to the common cold!


https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/29/asia ... index.html

But the authors noted that a high proportion of the cases were likely asymptomatic and said there was a low rate of death among those who were infected -- perhaps as low as 0.05%.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/12/asia ... index.html


(CNN)Last month, researchers in one of India's largest cities made a surprising discovery. Of the nearly 7,000 blood samples taken from people in Mumbai's slums, 57% tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.
While some were alarmed by the results of the study conducted by the Mumbai authorities and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, others were optimistic. Mumbai's slums, where social distancing is nearly impossible, might now have some of the highest levels of immunity in the world

[Black Orchid]

India has backed the use of Hydroxychloroquine and has been widely using it. It's been used there for a long time.

[Bobby]

India has backed the use of Hydroxychloroquine and has been widely using it. It's been used there for a long time.

Maybe? - but it's a scam that has wrecked our economy.

[Bobby]

On the other hand-
maybe those people in Mumbai have high immunity to germs because
they live in such appalling conditions?

[Bobby]

Maybe we in the West die more easily because
we live in ultra clean environments so we built up no immunity?

[billy the kid]

Sounds like they've got herd immunity.....

[Bobby]

Sounds like they've got herd immunity.....

Sounds like we should open up the economy.

[Texan]

Protect your vulnerable and get to work.

[Bobby]

Protect your vulnerable and get to work.

Yep - just what Trump said.

[Redneck]

I would take Mumbai's figures with the same grain of salt as I would with North Koreas!