I've been really curious why, throughout the COVID pandemic, the countries Trump calls the "shithole countries" are doing so well?
It's not just that they have a warmer climate. If that's all it was, why is South America doing worse? And why was Brazil one of the worst-performing countries through most of the summer? India was also performing badly in the late-summer/early-fall despite its warm weather. But Africa as a region has had consistently lower rates that all but the best performing countries in other parts of the world. Africa has a lot of poverty, several poor performing or almost nonfunctional medical systems, and areas with high population density--all stuff that you would think would cause higher COVID growth. But those liabilities have not been reflected in their infection rates.
