The future of COVID-19 May the uncertainty deepen or a glimpse of hope comes

Abstract

Could there be any other infectious disease outbreak in the history of modern medicine that challenges the human intelligence in predicting the epidemiology and detecting the pathophysiology of COVID-19?

It was not in the best mind’s thought that the top ten richest countries would be the most overwhelmed by the fast spreading SARS CoV-2, and contribute to three-fourths of COVID-19-related global mortality during the first wave of the current pandemic. Even in Europe and North America, the positive correlation of the caseload and deaths with the economic power of the respective countries is still unprecedented experience. It is not only the remarkable difference in caseload and deaths among rich and poor countries what makes this pandemic inscrutable, but also the lack of significant regional difference in the proportion of recovery.

Among others, the world mind people have publicly predicted as the worst of all to be in Africa. After four months since the first COVID-19 patient was reported in Africa, we have realized that the continent has contributed only about 1% to the global mortality figure, with the nearly global average proportion of recovery. The slow but ongoing increment of new infections with nearly equivalent recovery is a blessing in disguise, in a continent where health facilities and the health workforce are meager.