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Old 12-11-2021, 15:30   #8080
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Re: Africa has the lowest caseload in the world

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Africa is estimated to have seven times more COVID-19 cases and three times as many deaths as officially reported, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa region.

This means that the continent could have around 59 million cases and 634,500 deaths.

We’re using a model to estimate the degree of under-estimation
So basically they think "It surely cant be that low, so lets take a guess", and we all know how good "models" are.

Africa (and many places) may be under reporting, but the WHO has no actual evidence to say its 7 times.
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