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That link you provided doesn't look like its taking into account the population size of those countries. The US has ~330 million people. For example, Russia lo
by _-david-_ 6y ago
That link you provided doesn't look like its taking into account the population size of those countries. The US has ~330 million people.
For example, Russia looks like its #2 on the page but Russia has less than half the population of the US. If you look at per capita Russia would be above the US according to your graph.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThe more important aspects of that chart than raw case numbers are a) how long does it take to flatten the curve and b) is the curve coming back down. (There's also one further down, "normalized by country population", in which we still don't look great.)
- _-david-_ 6y agoI didn't scroll down all the way so I didn't see the normalized chart. Thanks for that. I think that the number of cases which is the default isn't all that important. In fact the higher number who are infected could make herd immunity happen sooner. The number of deaths is far more important. When you look at that on your chart the US is behind many Western European countries and it definitely doesn't look as bad. Its not great but it could be worse. Do you have a chart that is looking at population density? I think that would also be a useful comparison when comparing different areas. Its not fair to compare NYC with Nebraska for example. I am not really sure how the European countries compare and am interested in a comparison if you know of one.