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Papeles de población
On-line version ISSN 2448-7147Print version ISSN 1405-7425
Abstract
ORDORICA MELLADO, Manuel. Demography and SARS-CoV-2. Pap. poblac [online]. 2021, vol.27, n.107, pp.19-39. Epub Dec 06, 2021. ISSN 2448-7147. https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2021.107.03.
The objective of this article is to present a brief historical account of how human beings have discovered the way to confront microorganisms. Show how the birth of demography is linked to the pandemics and deaths that occurred in England in the seventeenth century with the works of John Graunt. It also tries to show the difficulty that people have to understand exponential growth. Likewise, a graphic analysis of the evolution of infections, deaths from Covid-19 and the basic reproduction index for the case of Mexico is presented, from the beginning of the pandemic until the end of 2020, and then ending with a set of conclusions.
Keywords : Demography; SARS-CoV-2; deaths from Covid-19; basic index of reproduction.