21/02/2021, Hyderabad: The Covid-19 pandemic in India is in decline except for two states Maharashtra and Kerala. According to Worldometer the incidence of new Corona cases in other Indian states, the numbers are dismal compared to rest of the world especially US, Russia, Brazil and European countries such as France and UK where the daily new cases are still high.
One thought was going in my mind that in India the living conditions are unhygienic compared to European and North American countries that is actually turned out to be a blessing disguise since unhygienic home and society means more exposure to pathogens and antigens on their surface and better stronger immunity compared to their US and European counterparts. But what about Brazil it is also comes under similar living conditions if my info on slums of Rio de Janeiro and other cities of Brazil is right, where the Corona cases are still on rise.
Other possibility may be that Asians (Indians) are more exposed to virulent strains of Rhinovirus family (Corona is also one) hence better immunity compared to other continent humans (?). What ever may be the reason but it clearly evident from the number of Corona cases that the Corona pandemic is on decline in India and Asian continent in general with few exceptions.
The other prospect can be - Is it Race based ? that most Asians and Africans possess better immune repertoire because of living in unhygienic environments. Is there a genetic angle to it ? I mean Asian and African genes offer stronger immune system, where as Caucasian and Latino races have less effective immune systems in this case ?. What ever may be the truth it is really interesting and worth investigation.
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