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Most Western nations are doing fine. There's really just a dozen or so countries that have been hit hard, and even then the impact has been uneven within the ha
by standardUser 7y ago
Most Western nations are doing fine. There's really just a dozen or so countries that have been hit hard, and even then the impact has been uneven within the hardest hit countries.
- kumarvvr 7y agoSorry, for 330 Million people, USA has had 60k deaths from C19 so far, whereas India has had about 1000 deaths in about 1300 Million people. The western Nations are doing abysmally.
- standardUser 7y agoYou ignored my comment to say what you wanted to say. Many Western nations are doing great. They are handling the pandemic very well and have less strict lockdowns than India.
- sbmthakur 7y agoA stringent lockdown in India is not an option but a necessity considering the population. In fact, as others have pointed out, areas with confirmed cases are sealed with all movement in and out of it tightly restricted.
- klibertp 7y agoI fail to follow from: > USA has had [...] to: > The western Nations are doing [...] Erasing the plural makes it better, though I have to wonder why wouldn't you just write "USA is doing" however you think it is.
- trianglem 7y agoThe US and the UK are seeing a massive number of deaths.
- standardUser 7y agoWhat part of "most" do you not understand? Core concept?
- systemvoltage 7y agoPlease thoroughly read the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html This is no way to argue on HN. Be respectful to others even if they seem to not understand your point, then clarify further. Rhetorical questions like this are insulting and lead to poor discussions.
- rootusrootus 7y agoIt varies significantly within the US. In Oregon we have had 92 deaths for 4.2M people. Not massive at all. That is in spite of what is pretty weak compliance with the shelter-in-place directives.
- sbmthakur 7y ago> Most Western nations are doing fine. I think except the US, the UK, France, Spain and Italy; all other Western nations are doing fine.
- rovolo 7y agoWho counts as a 'Western Nation'? [0] I think most people would assume Western Europe and the Anglophones (USA, CAN, AUS, NZ). If we assume that the US counts in the "hit hard" category, then we can partition western nations by per-capita deaths[1] like so: Hit Hard: Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, US Not: Portugal, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand So I'm guessing that you either a) have a different definition of "hit hard" or b) have an expanded definition of "Western Nation". Eastern Europe and Latin America as regions haven't been hit hard yet. The impact of covid-19 depends a lot on when it started spreading in a region. Most of the differences between European nations are probably due to when it started. A nation's response mostly affects how it compares to other nations which had outbreaks at the same time. I would guess that India is benefiting most from reacting early in the disease progression relative to other nations. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world [1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
- standardUser 7y agoYou excluded a dozen or more nations that are part of the Western world and have not been "hit hard" by your metric. The "hard hit" nations list is an exclusive club, even when you add in the rest of Europe.