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Of course it's misguided. Which country handled this crisis worse than US? Misguided is an understatement.

danharaj 7y ago
If I use the words that I think are appropriate for the obstinate middlebrow skepticism of HN in the face of an uncontrolled pandemic, I get flagged :^)
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dylz 7y ago
Maybe Brazil? > "We're all going to die one day"[0] > “I’m sorry, some people will die, they will die, that’s life,” Bolsonaro said in a television interview on Friday night. “You can’t stop a car factory because of traffic deaths.”[1] > Bolsonaro has compared the new coronavirus to a "little flu," condemned the reaction to it as "hysteria," and said Brazilians' immune systems are so strong they can swim in raw sewage and "don't catch a thing."[2] > He has called the virus a “measly cold.” “Some will die” from it, he said, because “such is life.” [3] > ..more than 20 members of Bolsonaro’s U.S. delegation have tested positive for the coronavirus. Bolsonaro ignored his own health ministry’s advice to self-isolate for a couple of weeks and to discourage large gatherings. He made a defiant show of shaking hands and taking selfies at a rally that attracted hundreds of his supporters. [4] [0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazils-bolsonaro-downplays-coronavirus-risks-were-all-going-to-die-one-day-2020-03-29 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazils-bolsonaro-downplay... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/27/world/americas/27reuters-health-coronavirus-brazil.html https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/27/world/americas/27... [2] https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/bolsonaro-takes-down-virus-shortage-video-after-uproar-doc-1qb8pu2 https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/bolsonaro-takes-down-virus-sh... [3] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/americas/brazil-bol... [4] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/bolsonaro-coronavirus-denial-brazil-trump/608926/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/bolsona...
fourmyle 7y ago
Our death rate per capita is substantially lower than China and Italy for example.
- danharaj 7y ago
  Y'all need to understand what an exponential function looks like.
  - fourmyle 7y ago
    Y’all need to not compare absolute case numbers on an exponential curve between countries with vastly different populations.
- godelski 7y ago
  I find it odd that people are comparing "worst" by number of cases and not accounting population. The US has 320mn people while Italy has 60.5, Spain has 46.8, and Germany has 83.8. These are the countries with the most cases and by population the US is doing the best out of all of them and Spain the worst. If we look at deaths, Germany is only slightly better than the US but Spain and Italy are each much higher. The US sure has a lot of problems, but that doesn't mean everything we do is the worst.
  - danharaj 7y ago
    The US spread is a few weeks behind the other countries. People are projecting based on incubation time and mitigation response what will happen. The US growth rate is on track to make everyone else look peachy keen.
    - fourmyle 7y ago
      I doubt there is any definitively proven date of the start of the spread. It very well could have started sooner than claims.
eanzenberg 7y ago
Every one except SK Israel and perhaps Germany.

If I use the words that I think are appropriate for the obstinate middlebrow skepticism of HN in the face of an uncontrolled pandemic, I get flagged :^)

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dylz 7y ago

Maybe Brazil? > "We're all going to die one day"[0] > “I’m sorry, some people will die, they will die, that’s life,” Bolsonaro said in a television interview on Friday night. “You can’t stop a car factory because of traffic deaths.”[1] > Bolsonaro has compared the new coronavirus to a "little flu," condemned the reaction to it as "hysteria," and said Brazilians' immune systems are so strong they can swim in raw sewage and "don't catch a thing."[2] > He has called the virus a “measly cold.” “Some will die” from it, he said, because “such is life.” [3] > ..more than 20 members of Bolsonaro’s U.S. delegation have tested positive for the coronavirus. Bolsonaro ignored his own health ministry’s advice to self-isolate for a couple of weeks and to discourage large gatherings. He made a defiant show of shaking hands and taking selfies at a rally that attracted hundreds of his supporters. [4] [0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazils-bolsonaro-downplays-coronavirus-risks-were-all-going-to-die-one-day-2020-03-29 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazils-bolsonaro-downplay... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/27/world/americas/27reuters-health-coronavirus-brazil.html https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/27/world/americas/27... [2] https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/bolsonaro-takes-down-virus-shortage-video-after-uproar-doc-1qb8pu2 https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/bolsonaro-takes-down-virus-sh... [3] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/americas/brazil-bol... [4] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/bolsonaro-coronavirus-denial-brazil-trump/608926/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/bolsona...

fourmyle 7y ago

Our death rate per capita is substantially lower than China and Italy for example.

danharaj 7y ago
Y'all need to understand what an exponential function looks like.
- fourmyle 7y ago
  Y’all need to not compare absolute case numbers on an exponential curve between countries with vastly different populations.
godelski 7y ago
I find it odd that people are comparing "worst" by number of cases and not accounting population. The US has 320mn people while Italy has 60.5, Spain has 46.8, and Germany has 83.8. These are the countries with the most cases and by population the US is doing the best out of all of them and Spain the worst. If we look at deaths, Germany is only slightly better than the US but Spain and Italy are each much higher. The US sure has a lot of problems, but that doesn't mean everything we do is the worst.
- danharaj 7y ago
  The US spread is a few weeks behind the other countries. People are projecting based on incubation time and mitigation response what will happen. The US growth rate is on track to make everyone else look peachy keen.
  - fourmyle 7y ago
    I doubt there is any definitively proven date of the start of the spread. It very well could have started sooner than claims.

eanzenberg 7y ago

Every one except SK Israel and perhaps Germany.