Coronavirus: Why war makes countries more resilient to COVID-19

In his recent article in Al Arabiya, Omar Al-Ubaydli notes that the, ’causes of the wide international variation in COVID-19 deaths are highly complex, and they include demographic composition, population density, quality of public administration, economic strength, and many other factors”. His discussion focuses on a correlation noted between countries devastated by past wars, and the fewer numbers of Coronavirus cases found during the pandemic.