Perhaps this explains Africa’s low virus deaths:

It’s striking that the virus appears to be affecting African Americans disproportionately in NY while African countries have thus far been among the least affected. The answer might be that in NY community living factors are at play....while in Africa the sun protects.

The pattern in general has been one of cold climate super spreader events. 

Eat your fish and play golf:

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Researchers have discovered a strong correlation between vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates from the novel coronavirus, a new study reveals.

A research team led by Northwestern University analyzed data from hospitals and clinics across China, France, Germany, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Patients from countries with high COVID-19 mortality rates, such as Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, had lower levels of vitamin D compared to patients in countries that were not as severely affected, according to the study.

The researchers also found a strong correlation between vitamin D levels and cytokine storm, which is a hyperinflammatory condition caused by an overactive immune system.

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“Cytokine storm can severely damage lungs and lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death in patients,” Ali Daneshkhah, a postdoctoral research associate at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, said in a statement. “This is what seems to kill a majority of COVID-19 patients, not the destruction of the lungs by the virus itself. It is the complications from the misdirected fire from the immune system.”

Hope it continues that way since sub Saharan Africa normally has the highest flu mortality rate annually on the global scale.

My first reaction was the correlation between Vitamin D and the virus, may really be a correlation with sunshine. Sunshine has far more effect on Vitamin D than diet and it has been shown to be a potent  virus killer.

But I’m  sure that occurred to the researchers. Get outside as much as possible.....15 minutes of sunshine gives a fair skinned person their full dose  of Vitamin D. Darker  skinned people may need more than an hour, which again may explain why the African American community struggles in the cloudy north.

Hopefully the flu phenomenon won’t repeat with Covid and by now some weeks of infection have passed.