Up to 1m Hindus gather in India as festival goes ahead amid Covid fears
Millions more expected to descend on Haridwar in coming weeks for Kumbh Mela despite pandemic
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Up to 1m Hindus gather in India as festival goes ahead amid Covid fear
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"The pandemic is a bit of a worry, but we are taking all precautions," said one of the organisers, Siddharth Chakrapani
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"India is not like Europe … when it comes to immunity we are better,"
Pro Modi nuts are the equivalent to Trumpers , how they try to justify eating cow shit is something else. I remember during the beginning of the Pandemic, these Modi loyalists claimed (given their belief in race superiority) their DNA was superior to the rest of the world, hence low infection rates, despite their testing capability being almost non-existent at the time.
Pro Modi nuts are the equivalent to Trumpers , how they try to justify eating cow shit is something else. I remember during the beginning of the Pandemic, these Modi loyalists claimed (given their belief in race superiority) their DNA was superior to the rest of the world, hence low infection rates, despite their testing capability being almost non-existent at the time.
I think there are far deadlier things in that river than Coronavirus
One of my graduate professors was from India and he ran a class for modeling pollution in streams. One of his assignments was to simulate a burned body floating down the Ganges. He said it's a regular environmental problem in India because people use the river for funerals. He also talked about how his village was selected to be one of the major locations for the pilgrimage and he said millions of descending onto his small village felt like the end of the world.
lol, there is a lot of that sentiment cause the governments have had the media completely shut down reporting numbers/deaths. I have to keep arguing with my parents that no, India is not a special case and that 'we don't have as many severe cases/deaths as other countries' is bullshit.
I have come to hate that phrase. I've seen lots of people say something like 'oh we had this christmas party with a few families (but don't worry, we took precautions)'. Wtf? What precautions?
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This belief that Indians are more immune is also prevalent in my family in the USA.
Then my entire extended familygot COVID!
So much for that superior immunity.
Then my entire extended familygot COVID!
So much for that superior immunity.
Fuck religion as usual.
For example a coronavirus outbreak in a congested, densely packed slum in Mumbai had only 80 deaths.
www.bbc.com
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The theory is that due to Indians being exposed to diseases a lot more often than people in developed nations, their immune system does not go into overdrive to attack the coronavirus and hence is less fatal. There has been work done on cross-reactivity and certain populations possibly having an immunological head start.
India as well as many other developing countries in South Asia and Asia have lower fatality rates compared to US and Europe. One possible reason for this is because of the younger populations in these countries compared to richer, developed nations. People in these countries also have lower BMI on average and don't suffer from issues like obesity and other co-morbidities.
For example a coronavirus outbreak in a congested, densely packed slum in Mumbai had only 80 deaths.
How Asia's biggest slum contained the coronavirus
Mumbai's densely-packed Dharavi has tamed Covid-19 without social distancing.
www.bbc.com
India coronavirus: 'More than half of Mumbai slum-dwellers had Covid-19'
India's financial capital has so far reported more than 110,000 infections and 6,000 deaths.
www.bbc.com
There are some papers published on why this could be so.
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in India bucks the trend: Trained innate immunity?
SARS‐CoV‐2, the causative agent of COVID‐19 pandemic caught the world unawares by its sudden onset in early 2020. Memories of the 1918 Spanish Flu were rekindled raising extreme fear for the virus, but in essence, it was the host ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The theory is that due to Indians being exposed to diseases a lot more often than people in developed nations, their immune system does not go into overdrive to attack the coronavirus and hence is less fatal. There has been work done on cross-reactivity and certain populations possibly having an immunological head start.
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Fuck religion as usual.
India as well as many other developing countries in South Asia and Asia have lower fatality rates compared to US and Europe. One possible reason for this is because of the younger populations in these countries compared to richer, developed nations. People in these countries also have lower BMI on average and don't suffer from issues like obesity and other co-morbidities.
For example a coronavirus outbreak in a congested, densely packed slum in Mumbai had only 80 deaths.
How Asia's biggest slum contained the coronavirus
Mumbai's densely-packed Dharavi has tamed Covid-19 without social distancing.India coronavirus: 'More than half of Mumbai slum-dwellers had Covid-19'
India's financial capital has so far reported more than 110,000 infections and 6,000 deaths.
There are some papers published on why this could be so.
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in India bucks the trend: Trained innate immunity?
SARS‐CoV‐2, the causative agent of COVID‐19 pandemic caught the world unawares by its sudden onset in early 2020. Memories of the 1918 Spanish Flu were rekindled raising extreme fear for the virus, but in essence, it was the host ...
The theory is that due to Indians being exposed to diseases a lot more often than people in developed nations, their immune system does not go into overdrive to attack the coronavirus and hence is less fatal. There has been work done on cross-reactivity and certain populations possibly having an immunological head start.
Huh, this is actually surprising. Thanks for the info.
The cynical part of me assumed they were just lying about numbers.
(still not gonna tell my parents though, they are both diabetic...)
Personally, given the population density, generally poor hygiene, poor health infrastructure, crowded conditions where social distancing is just not possible, I thought India would get totally fucked after the virus got there. That it has not, has taken me by surprise.
And no don't tell your parents! This is just theorizing and initial studies right now. We need a lot of research to confirm all this.
Better to be safe till they get the vaccine.