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Picaro

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8. Been wondering about their numbers

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 07:19 PM

Jul 2021

Last edited Tue Jul 20, 2021, 09:16 PM - Edit history (1)

When I looked at the size of the population and the new infection numbers I had serious questions about their mortality numbers. They didn't match.

At the time, when India was the top pandemic news, I made some off the cuff comment that the numbers were probably off by a factor of 10. Hoped I wasn't right.

Turns out I was pretty close. This is so incredibly ugly.

The election of a right wing Hindu nativist has turned out to a very deadly decision. Just as electing a megalomaniacal carnival barker was here.

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India's Pandemic Death Toll Could Be In The Millions [View all] appalachiablue Jul 2021 OP

Tragic: applegrove Jul 2021 #1

Massive suffering & deaths, an epic tragedy appalachiablue Jul 2021 #2

And they were producing so much covid vaccine applegrove Jul 2021 #4

Even sadder, & they mfg. most of appalachiablue Jul 2021 #7

And petty authoritarianism. applegrove Jul 2021 #12

Very sad.. Stuart G Jul 2021 #3

It'll be impossible to know because India's the world's largest nation W/O accurate birth/death data peppertree Jul 2021 #5

Tx, I didn't know that about India's data appalachiablue Jul 2021 #6

You're very welcome. peppertree Jul 2021 #10

All-cause mortality in the US and elsewhere may also be up due to indirectly related factors. TheRickles Jul 2021 #14

Some - but not nearly enough to explain the discrepancy peppertree Jul 2021 #20

Yes, thanks. It'll be important to get some definitive tallies on these categories. TheRickles Jul 2021 #22

And some countries like India, will probably never know peppertree Jul 2021 #23

Been wondering about their numbers Picaro Jul 2021 #8

These RW extremists are rising threats appalachiablue Jul 2021 #9

Modi is taking the Trump approach IronLionZion Jul 2021 #11

Rising authoritarianism around appalachiablue Jul 2021 #13

Modi is an inhuman monster. Initech Jul 2021 #16

We would be like Brazil or India w 45, appalachiablue Jul 2021 #18

We Practically Are GB_RN Jul 2021 #19

People that support Modi say that the country is overpopulated JI7 Jul 2021 #15

COVID-19 Is Mother Nature's Revenge GB_RN Jul 2021 #17

they are running out of wood for their pyres Shellback Squid Jul 2021 #21