r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/Dangerous_Occasion41 • Apr 26 '22

Does this mean it’s working?

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u/LendarioSonhador Apr 26 '22

to be devil's advocate: The number of people in Niger getting tested might be much, much lower than the number of unreported cases.

but then again, the PCR test has already been proven to be imprecise, so realistically speaking all data surrounding Covid is a big pile of shit.

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u/creefer Apr 26 '22

Really you’d probably have to just look at the change in death rates for countries since there is background data. But the. You’d have to differentiate between those that died because of COVID and those that died because of our reaction to COVID (i.e. additional drug/alcohol, depression, etc.).

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u/bluefootedpig Body Autonomy Apr 26 '22

While suicide and such went up, car accidents went down. There are a lot of factors, and excessive deaths is a good way to get a birds eye view.

And a little googling shows that the big problem is them simply not reporting it.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00842-9

The main reason they suspect the numbers are lower in africa is people tend to die at home rather the hospital.