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Melanin in the skin reduces sunshine caused Vit D so Africans should have higher CoVid shouldn’t it?

But: Europe, USA higher (real) cases and deaths and and these mostly (90%) with average age around 82 plus one or more medical conditions. It is clear it is a virus of the elderly, it is clear the elderly population in Africa is a small fraction compared to Europe, USA.

The factor that makes CoV 2 a killer isn’t present in Africa.

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Exactly, many confounding variables. While I accept your science related to Black Africans, not all are totally dark skinned. Plus I still say Americans are in doors so much we’ve been proven to be Vitamin D deficient in most cases. I wonder what would happen if we tested the black Africans in Africa? What their D levels are?

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