Learning from each other in times of the Corona Virus
The BBC recently reported on the vigor with which India is rolling out its vaccines, whilst reminding us of India’s high rate of infections. “India has confirmed more than 11 million cases and over 157,000 deaths. The country has recorded the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world after the United States” we are informed.
However this is a partial picture.
For while India has had many infections, the rate of infection compares favorably with large
swathes of the rest of the world. Perhaps even more importantly, as this map shows India has
consistently maintained some of the lowest rates of death found anywhere until very recently.
Most surprisingly India’s highest spike in death rates last September came plummeting down in October last year at precisely the time w