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I've heard "actually counts cases differently from other countries" for at least 3 other European countries. I don't think that phrase means very much.
by 1_player 6y ago
I've heard "actually counts cases differently from other countries" for at least 3 other European countries.
I don't think that phrase means very much.
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- NicoJuicy 6y agoYes it does, since Belgium was the first one to do it like this. It's possible that other countries now also count this way, but I'm not aware of that/haven't heard it. So, I don't think that other countries count the same way. Our way of counting has an average of 2 * more deaths in statistics. Since we count suspected cases as confirmed in the statistics. It's a huge difference. -- What are the other countries + sources then? I have only seen it mentioned ( and mentioned it myselve) for Belgium.
- 1_player 6y agoI've heard it often in both British and Italian media to explain why their figures are higher than neighbouring countries, using the same exact reason: we (did) count suspected cases as confirmed. Not saying you're wrong, just pointing out the fact that all these figures have huge margins of errors and we'll know the true extend of it when we'll be way past it.
- NicoJuicy 6y agoI checked some resources and none mentions Britain or Italy counting suspected cases. I only did Belgium that does this. What is your source of information? Not saying you are wrong, but according to me, Belgium is the only one that does it like this. Even after looking it up, I can't find something that says what you are claiming