The African covid figures astound me. And the argument isn’t that they don’t record

Stats etc. their hospitals are not over run, friend working in Nigeria reports. So how have they done so well over there. Is it the medicine they take for malaria etc. I’m genuinely interested as to why western countries are plagued with covid, but African ones have barely any.

Posted By: Tony Martin on November 23rd 2021 at 10:30:00

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Morning everyone, non football post. Covid behaviours - your view? (General Chat) - shoddy, Nov 23, 08:42:26
- Mask wearing really down in retail areas, shopping centres and so on (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 23, 11:39:21
  - Off to see Shame tonight at the Junction, I'll report back! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Nov 23, 12:04:12
  - My experience at gigs is that asking for covid pass is useless, they are never scanned (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Nov 23, 12:02:24
  - I remember getting my first mask way back when ACN sold some NC ones. I thought (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 23, 11:55:57
    - I still wear my bird shit one as my main mask (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 23, 12:06:52
- Outer London (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 23, 11:28:41
  - Outer Space (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 23, 11:30:25
- My observations (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 23, 11:22:36
- The African covid figures astound me. And the argument isn’t that they don’t record (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Nov 23, 10:30:00
  - is a really interesting question (n/m) (General Chat) - jampersands, Nov 23, 10:58:54
  - maybe (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 23, 10:41:20
  - South Africa were hit hard (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:33:01
- In north Norfolk lots of masks in shops etc. I went to liverpool and zero masks spotted in (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Nov 23, 10:27:56
- Only difference to normality is some wearing masks in shops (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:19:40
- Around the shops and restaurants in Bury masks are still being worn by a good % (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Nov 23, 10:04:27
- I'd say no more than 10% of our customers wear masks now, (General Chat) - tudders, Nov 23, 10:04:06
- incidentally also (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 23, 09:53:50
- Mask wearing in shops down to about 10-20% in general in my experience (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 23, 09:53:23
  - I was trying to leave a distance in the queue to the gate at the footy on Saturday when (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 23, 10:34:38
    - poor chap (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Nov 23, 11:00:48
      - Sometimes all you need is a slightly cross look. That was all that sufficed this time (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 23, 11:33:56
  - Yeah, about this. (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Nov 23, 09:58:56
    - It won’t be defeated (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:23:15
      - it won't pick off the youngish and/or fittish anti-vaxxers (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 23, 10:36:18
        
        But they won’t be young and fit forever (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:47:51
        
        I can foresee a sun headline of "GOTCHA"! (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 23, 10:54:41
      - I read a report from a doctor in ICU about an anti-vaxxer (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 23, 10:25:46
        
        Anti medical treatment is such a weird phenomenon (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:51:15
    - Seems to depend on the shop and where it is (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 23, 10:04:13
- mixed i would say (General Chat) - pinkney, Nov 23, 09:52:35
- In reply (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 23, 09:28:34
- Bath/Bristol (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 23, 09:22:26
  - London similar (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 23, 09:52:31
- I notice big differences in behaviours when I drive down to Norfolk compared with where I (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 23, 08:53:13

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