Pandemic

Why Does the Pandemic Seem to Be Hitting Some Countries Harder Than Others?

By Siddhartha Mukherjee The New Yorker, Feb 22, 2021 (March 1, 2021 Issue)
Long Read

While the virus has ravaged rich nations, reported death rates in poorer ones remain relatively low. What probing this epidemiological mystery can tell us about global health.

Many regions report a covid-19 death rate that’s a hundredth of the U.S. rate.

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Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of “The Emperor of All Maladies,” for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is “The Gene: An Intimate History.”


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