Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
https:///www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54418613

Spoiler alert:
Reason #1: Governments acted incredibly swiftly and put the exact regulations in place to help contain spread.
Reason #2: The people acted incredibly reasonably and did exactly what they were supposed to (eg use masks and socially distance).

Maria Cheng and Farai Mutsaka: "What sorcery is happening on that continent?!"
The article you quote also points to the younger population (point 3), and also to the fact that governments and people on the African continent are used to containing diseases (point 5). As mentioned, there are already on-site teams working to fight polio, so repurposing them to fight COVID as well was not a great leap.

Point 4 points to something I had not considered: COVID spreads best in low temperatures and high humidity, which apparently does NOT describe sub-Saharan Africa at all. Never been there myself, but I'll wager I can leave the winter parka at home if I do.

Respectfully,

Brian P.