Correcting misinformation
Yes, South Africa has a young population. No, that’s not why it has avoided problems from Omicron.
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Now that South Africa has shown the world that Omicron is a cold, the usual deep thinkers on Twitter want you to know that South Africa doesn’t count!
Why?
Because its population skews young, so it has Magic Covid Epidemiology Protection (TM), since we all know the ro is only dangerous to the oldsters!
From a Canadian blue-check:
Now, first off, I know what you’re thinking: Where has THIS gimlet-eyed analysis of the real risks of SARS-Cov-2 been the last two years?
But put that aside. Dr. Vicky Forester is correct. Africa does have a very young population, and it has largely avoided problems from Covid (despite having few advanced hospitals and a very low Covid vaccination rate. Weird, I know!)
Note I wrote “Africa.”
SOUTH Africa is an exception. Earlier variants of Covid did not spare it. It has the second-highest death rate from Covid of any country in Africa. (It also has very advanced healthcare by African standards. Just a coincidence, no doubt.)
In fact, since Covid began, South Africa has almost twice as many deaths per capita as - checks notes - Canada.
Oh.
It’s not the demographics that make Omicron seem mild. It’s the Omicron, stupid.
All I know life is very short. I lived the last 20 months as normal as the government allowed.
I have a great doctor who prescribed supplements and ivermectin back in the beginning. I read articles and studies from around the world and determined this virus would not kill me and if I caught it I would to do quite well.
Therefore I lived a very healthy happy life during this pandemic and keeping my routine very normal.
I constantly found ways to exercise and be social as Newsom did everything in his power to keep me in my house and isolated. I have friends and family that have been terrified for the last 20 months. I feel so sorry for them.
How can this be healthy to live in constant fear of dying?
They don’t want this party to end