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> Higher population density, open borders / lack of geographic isolation, aging population That describes most EU countries. Germany is neither much older than
by dx034 7y ago
> Higher population density, open borders / lack of geographic isolation, aging population
That describes most EU countries. Germany is neither much older than the others nor more interconnected. Population density is high but that's the case for many countries in Western Europe.
- m0zg 7y agoUm, yes? The rest of Europe will be hit pretty hard as well. Likely harder than the US. Cursory googling shows that Germany has 21.46% of people 65 and older. France has ~1.5% fewer. Italy has about 1.34% more. The US, however, only has 16.03% of such people or 5.43% fewer than Germany. I'd say the US is looking at lower infection rate (because people are more spread out) and fewer deaths, too (because fewer people are in the 65+ group which has been dying primarily).
- dx034 7y agoI'm not sure about the lower infection rate, even rural communities are quite interconnected. But obviously death rates are likely proportional to the number of older people. So the US should fare better. However, hospital admissions in Italy are now at a median age of 65, so a younger population doesn't help hospitals, it just lowers mortality.