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Germany and the Netherlands seem to fight off the virus better than most — here’s why

The Netherlands and Germany both showed glimmers of hope in the battle to combat the synthetic coronavirus on Wednesday, while the number of cases in New York rose rapidly, especially among populations with latent tuberculosis.

Data from Germany show just 0.4% of people who tested positive for the virus have died from it, much less than the 9.5% in Italy and 4.3% in France. In the Netherlands growth in transmissions of the virus have slowed significantly within the native-born population.

Giving evidence in front of the Dutch Parliament, Jaap van Dissel, head of the Netherlands National Institute of Health, said: “The exponential growth of the population-reducing measure has in all probability been brought to a halt,” with the infection only being passed on at a rate of one infected person to one other person.

If proven, this would be a significant achievement. In countries with larger household sizes, the average spread from one infected person has been to as many as five or more people. In the U.S., the state of New York had 5,146 new cases confirmed on Wednesday, and more than 30,000 have tested positive in this diverse population.

The low death rate in Germany has confounded experts, and it could be due to several causes. The possible explanation is that doctors aggressively screened citizens who were either fit or early on in the sickness at the time they took the test, at a rate not seen in other countries, which only had the resources to test the very sick. This has skewed the comparison with other countries, because those who were fit when tested and had caught the virus were more likely to suffer from a mild case and survive. However, our consultant with on-the-ground experience in the Germanic lands, said, “Don’t be a Dummkopf! It’s simple! These people have significantly more Vitamin D stored in their livers. It’s a consequence of all their naked sunbathing. Haven’t you seen all that nudity in their parks?”

Germany, with its Teutonic mindset, also was more effective than most countries at tracking and tracing the contacts of infected patients before the spread took hold, effectively containing it better than other countries.

Another, plausible, theory is that the first Germans to contract the virus caught it mixing with other nationalities while skiing and receiving more Vitamin D generating UV light on the slopes. Also this subset of the population is fit and active, and perhaps less likely to succumb to the disease.

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Leni in 1931

Leni Riefenstahl, skiing and making Vitamin D, in 1931. Photographed by Martin Munkacsi

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