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[-] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

70% of Africans are under 30. Age was one of the highest risk factors for COVID.🤔

[-] chocobo13z@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago

I wonder if that's because there's a high rate of overall mortality, i.e. they're only living past 30 sometimes?

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago
[-] coffeeaddict@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

To layman's terms, people used to make 5 children and 3 of them would die. Then this mortality has dropped. People still make 5 children. The country has too much children. The country is really young and very few per capita are susceptible to covid.

The opposite happens in Western countries. Old people don't die. People don't make children anymore. Population is really old, covid really affects a lot of people per capita.

[-] chocobo13z@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Makes sense. Thanks for the info!

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