That raises the issue of the impact of private healthcare in the Covid-19 pandemic. This is true based on pure case mortality, or based on the reworked rate that accounts for size of caseload. The next thing that catches the eye is that countries with privately funded systems appear to have higher caseloads, and government-funded systems lower. Now that we have figured out the importance of ethnic diversity in the spread of epidemic viruses, the importance of private healthcare looms ever larger. South Africa has a relatively high level of infection, but a low case mortality rate.

Source: News 24 July 23, 2020 03:48 UTC