By Dr. Eowyn,
Uganda, a country in east-central Africa, has a 2018 population of
42.729 million, which is 13% of the United States’ population of
328.239 million in 2019.
And yet
Uganda has 1,603 COVID-19 cases and just 15 deaths (h/t Rush Limbaugh), wherease
the U.S. has 5,656,744 COVID-19 cases and 175,105 deaths.
That means:
Uganda’s number of COVID-19 cases is only 0.028% of the number of U.S. COVID-19 cases; and
Uganda’s number of COVID-19 deaths is only 0.008% of the number of U.S. COVID-19 deaths.
How can that be, when Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita GDP of $769 (37.8% of the population in 2012 lived on less than $1.25 a day) and a poor healthcare system.
This is why: